Reviews

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

timgreenard's review against another edition

I struggled to get into it for a long time, but once I did it was worth it. Please don't give up.

Back-to-Bom!

chrismhalton97's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

billybookmark's review against another edition

4.0

I had a bet with eabha that I could box her in the face if this book was crap and by god she'll be black eyeless this christmas

ambershah's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

shannonjorgenfelt's review against another edition

5.0

One of my ALL TIME FAVORITES. I've read some awesome books, but this one is spectacular.

silkworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny slow-paced

4.0

summerb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

matomies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

taunusleserin's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Saleem Sinai, die Hauptfigur , wird um Mitternacht des 15. August 1947 in Indien geboren, an dem Tag, an dem das Land seine Unabhängigkeit erlangte. Seine Familiengeschichte, die Salman Rushdie hier erzählt, ist unmittelbar verwoben mit der Geschichte Indiens bis in das Jahr 1980, in dem das Werk veröffentlicht wurde.

Das Buch ist ein episches Werk über 600 Seiten, in dem man viel über die indische Geschichte erfährt, aber auch das Gefühl hat, man müsste mehr über sie wissen, um es zu verstehen. Die Sprache ist opulent, wie in einem orientalischen Märchen, das macht es aber auch teilweise schwer der Geschichte zu folgen, da vieles eher angedeutet wird oder lakonisch beschrieben wird, ohne Hintergründe zu beschreiben. An vielen Stellen habe ich Wikipedia zu Rate gezogen. 

Das Buch habe ich als Vorbereitung auf den Indien-Urlaub gelesen.

emcdonnell's review against another edition

2.0

Life is too short to waste time reading this confusing, pitiful and rather dull excuse of a “classic”. I rarely find myself 300 deep into a book thinking “wait…. What is happening ? And why am I reading about it??” I was dragging my feet trying to finish this piece before I realized there was likely no hope of redemption for this book in my mind - so I closed it midway through! (which btw took a weird amount of effort, I hate letting books get the best of me) It’s just boring, confusing, and drags in all the worst ways.

The only reason this has 2 stars instead of 1 is because I will admit, the writing itself is pretty high level and well done in some places. Just not balanced with anything else enticing - leaving this book lacking in almost every way