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A review by anywiebs
The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya
2.0
A book this slow needs a reward for me finishing it. Having said that I like the things I learned from this book about Guyana and the people and life there as well as some small part of its history.
As a novel however this book is highly disappointing. The story is just followwing the main character around who is not following any other purpose than to look what's there and escape from his old life. But none of his personal issues are ever really discussed (or maybe I just missed them).
As a travel journal about a foreign country this is very interesting, also because it is not written by a white man from England or America, but by an Indian, who experiences the world differently and has different access to Guyana (I would think at least).
One more word to the writing, which is meant to represent the language of Guyana and the culture, but it was mostly confusing and not beautiful for me to read. I found myself tuning out every now and again and had to reread passages because I wasn't paying attention.
As a novel however this book is highly disappointing. The story is just followwing the main character around who is not following any other purpose than to look what's there and escape from his old life. But none of his personal issues are ever really discussed (or maybe I just missed them).
As a travel journal about a foreign country this is very interesting, also because it is not written by a white man from England or America, but by an Indian, who experiences the world differently and has different access to Guyana (I would think at least).
One more word to the writing, which is meant to represent the language of Guyana and the culture, but it was mostly confusing and not beautiful for me to read. I found myself tuning out every now and again and had to reread passages because I wasn't paying attention.