Pros: enjoyable in parts; prose; humour; prestigious (Booker of Bookers)
Cons: significant time investment; assumes familiarity with 20th century Indian political history
Born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1937, at the glorious moment of India’s Independence, Saleem Sinai was a marked child in more ways than one. Growing up in a well-to-do, if somewhat dysfunctional, family and acquiring a strange power to ...
Pros: A useful insight into the many facets of Indian society and the Hindu/Muslim divergence Cons: A curate's egg, good in parts but at times rather laboured (sorry, that's 'labored' for the Americans out there)
OK, so it won the Booker Prize and many regarded this as one of the finest books of the decade, but I'm afraid Rushdie was just a little too rambling and repetitive at times for me to rank this up with the all-time greats. Yes, the run-up to Indian...
I read this book over a year ago for a college course: Contemporary British Literature. This course encompassed English authors plus authors of the colonies. I chose to read Midnight's Children because it was chosen as the Booker Prize Winner for the...
Pros: Great characters Cons: Some background into the history of India would help
Rushdie is a well established author who proves his ability yet again in Midnight’s Children. My first experience with him was with Haroun and the Sea of Stories (great book – I reviewed that too). That made me fall in love with him as an author and...
Pros: great style,subtle irony. Cons: too much of superfluos descriptions
I am one of those present generation people who are scared at the very sight of a 1000 page novel.It seems even more daunting if it is written by salman rushdie.
But this novel has been a pleasant surprise to me,for not only was it easy and...
Pros: Wonderfully written... Cons: ...can be a little daunting
Put aside all the doubts you might have about Rushdie; this is a rollercoaster novel with ambitions of the highest order. Drawing heavily on Gunter Grass, amongst others, Rushdie draws a multitudinous image of post Independence India through the eyes of...
Pros: Ambition, energy, complexity, great storytelling. Cons: none
Until this summer I had always been just a little afraid of Salman Rushdie. Although a friend of mine had recommended "Midnight's Children" about five years ago, I found myself daunted by the prospects of reading a novel that was nothing less...
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