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A review by mudder17
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
3.0
3.5 stars
So this is probably not a very fair rating because I really had a hard time concentrating on this one. Based on what I did focus on, I really liked it and I liked the voice of the main protagonist. I also liked Padma, the woman to whom he is telling this story. But there was a LOT to this story. This was a book that deserved 100% my undivided attention and I just don't have the bandwidth for it. That said, I picked up a lot, and I suspect that when I give it a second read, I'll get a lot more out of it. In fact, I might just start over from the beginning and do one chapter a day. My brain may be able to handle that a bit better. This was a massive historical fiction story with magical realism thrown in and I honestly liked quite a bit of it. But I couldn't concentrate enough to fit all of the pieces together. So as soon as I catch up on sleep, I may go back all the way to the beginning and absorb it one chapter a time. I truly believe this book deserves that. If I am lucky, I may be able to finish it by the end of the year.
So this is probably not a very fair rating because I really had a hard time concentrating on this one. Based on what I did focus on, I really liked it and I liked the voice of the main protagonist. I also liked Padma, the woman to whom he is telling this story. But there was a LOT to this story. This was a book that deserved 100% my undivided attention and I just don't have the bandwidth for it. That said, I picked up a lot, and I suspect that when I give it a second read, I'll get a lot more out of it. In fact, I might just start over from the beginning and do one chapter a day. My brain may be able to handle that a bit better. This was a massive historical fiction story with magical realism thrown in and I honestly liked quite a bit of it. But I couldn't concentrate enough to fit all of the pieces together. So as soon as I catch up on sleep, I may go back all the way to the beginning and absorb it one chapter a time. I truly believe this book deserves that. If I am lucky, I may be able to finish it by the end of the year.