Reviews

The Cripple and His Talismans by Anosh Irani

trulybooked's review against another edition

4.0

Incredibly strange and sometimes disturbing, but fascinating nonetheless. It's a hard book to put down.

mishmashedme's review

It’s too slow moving and nonsensical for my tastes. I enjoyed what I’ve read just fine but I have so many books to read and this one is not a book I’m excited to get to. It feels like a chore. 

ampersunder's review against another edition

3.0

‰ЫПWhen in doubt, suspend all logic. Slit common sense by the throat. Travel to the nearest newsstand and ask for elephants. Walk to the bakery and show complete disbelief when they inform you they do not stock piranha.‰Ыќ

‰ЫПI do not know if it is with courage or with a lack of spine that I confess my love of Hindi movies. It is like loving a brother everybody hates. Even though you know your brother has faults, he is still your brother. When an outside person says bad things about him, you will kill that person. You are allowed to complain because he is yours. You can tell him that he is sad and good for nothing, but let anyone else say that and you will drink their khoon straight from the heart.‰Ыќ

malorie's review against another edition

4.0

I must confess that for the first half of this book I didn't feel like I connected with it. It is surreal. It is strange. It doesn't seem to go in any direction. I then realized that this is a fable told in a spiral. You walk along an obscured, but nevertheless designated, path and for a while nothing seems to connect or go anywhere But at some point you will reach the center. When you look all around from that point, you realize that everything led to that one spot. The path still doesn't make any sense, but that spot makes the most sense in the whole world.