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A review by vacanthungarian
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was my first of Lahiri's books. The story was quite informative, but also a little long winded. But I have nothing if not patience and something does suck you in enough to keep reading. It flo s really nicely and you never get that black hole where you're so disconnected from the story that you have no idea what you read over the last 10 pages.
The story is predominantly about Subhash, Gauri and Bela and not really about Udayan. Except everything is to do with Udayan. It's three perspectives of the same events and three people's emotions. None come out well. I think there's been entirely too much focus on whether these people are supposed to be liked or not, but I think this is entirely irrelevant. The point here is that this is a very realistic story with very realistic reactions from the three main characters. It's supposed to show how one person's choices, regardless of how well intended, can inadvertently damage the lives of those who love him.
The author writes eloquently and with a great deal of emotion. Some great bits of history thrown in, but not enough to feel like a high school text book or Jack London's Iron Heel. Overall, it's a nice book.
The story is predominantly about Subhash, Gauri and Bela and not really about Udayan. Except everything is to do with Udayan. It's three perspectives of the same events and three people's emotions. None come out well. I think there's been entirely too much focus on whether these people are supposed to be liked or not, but I think this is entirely irrelevant. The point here is that this is a very realistic story with very realistic reactions from the three main characters. It's supposed to show how one person's choices, regardless of how well intended, can inadvertently damage the lives of those who love him.
The author writes eloquently and with a great deal of emotion. Some great bits of history thrown in, but not enough to feel like a high school text book or Jack London's Iron Heel. Overall, it's a nice book.