okay, so i probably would have given this four stars if i didn't get sidetracked and bored after the first 600+ pages.
i was doing well until we got to the Afghanistan adventure. it was all downhill from there. i can honestly say it's never taken me close to two and a half years to finish a book, but there's always a first. but finally having finished, i feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
and can i just say, who on earth has that much shit happen to them in a lifetime. jesus.
it was well written and thought provoking, but there were times i really wanted to punch him in the face and tell him to toughen up. it was melodramatic in parts but overall his style of writing and storytelling moulds together well and gives the reader an experience of lin's Bombay without leaving the room you're in. and that's a feat for any writer to achieve.