A review by paracosm
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
4.0
This book is dense, I think that's the best way to describe it. There is so much going on all the time. Every chapter is packed with a multitude of details, events, symbols and more. The author touches on a great amount of topics including colorism, sexism, colonialism, culture, politics, and others. It's clear from the beginning that the author planned everything from the beginning, and the rusult is quite impressive.
All the characters were great. Even the minor ones were full of life and felt like real people. The main character is very interesting and a very good narrator. There is so much symbolism, metaphors and parallels that you should probably read this book more than once to get it all. The only problem is that it can get tedious after a while, but it's still worth reading.
All the characters were great. Even the minor ones were full of life and felt like real people. The main character is very interesting and a very good narrator. There is so much symbolism, metaphors and parallels that you should probably read this book more than once to get it all. The only problem is that it can get tedious after a while, but it's still worth reading.