tashreads2manybooks's Reviews (1.06k)

Meh. It was a fun, easy read, but ask me what it was about in a few years and I will have most likely forgotten.

Couldn't put it down. So disturbing and twisted, yet ultimately satisfying.

Occasionally I caught glimpses of the genius and magic of the author of Midnight's Children - and it gave me chills. I sometimes felt, however, that there was a lot of unnecessary philosophy for the sake of sounding profound - a kind of 'academic wanking' of sorts. Rushdie is most profound when he doesn't try to be.

Firstly, this is not a thriller. There is no mystery or underlying shock or twist. It was however, psychological- and explores the importance and complexity of identity.

This was a mostly uncomfortable read for me. Being a mother of twins I was acutely aware of the preference of the one twin over the other and I obviously didn't like it. But in the end it was a satisfying read.