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A review by kissmyaisling
Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup
2.0
2.5 stars
'latitudes of longing' certainly isn't a bad book (could any book with as beautiful of a title be bad?) but i just really couldn't get into it. such a broad scope of themes and historical realities and geographic events are all put into 300 pages of four short stories, and despite all being connected all the stories were equally so disjointed and the jumps of perspective felt really jarring to me.
i think the first story was the most poignant to me, and with each following story my disinterest kept growing which is why it took me like two weeks to read. forcing myself through the last 70 pages, which weren't 'bad' i just didn't really connect anymore, i think the scope of this book is too large for what it actually is?
there is certainly some beautiful prose written by swarup and i really connected to the characters and ideas in the first story, i just found my interest waning. i also though there'd be more turtle :(
'latitudes of longing' certainly isn't a bad book (could any book with as beautiful of a title be bad?) but i just really couldn't get into it. such a broad scope of themes and historical realities and geographic events are all put into 300 pages of four short stories, and despite all being connected all the stories were equally so disjointed and the jumps of perspective felt really jarring to me.
i think the first story was the most poignant to me, and with each following story my disinterest kept growing which is why it took me like two weeks to read. forcing myself through the last 70 pages, which weren't 'bad' i just didn't really connect anymore, i think the scope of this book is too large for what it actually is?
there is certainly some beautiful prose written by swarup and i really connected to the characters and ideas in the first story, i just found my interest waning. i also though there'd be more turtle :(