NonFiction
Verdict: It depends
I picked this book up from my favorite bookstore long before we all came under house arrest for Covid. These were supposed to be short stories, and I love short stories that are about people. Set in the British Colonial times in India, the book follows three prominent money lenders and merchants during that time.
I started reading. The intro was a very heavy, in depth account of the situation and situation at the time. Cool. I love extra information that helps me understand the context. Only it went on, and on. I really had a hard time separating the intro from the actual start of the "stories." When the author did get going, the focus of the book was more on the British than the actual merchants that the book was about!
This is definitely an academic piece, and the scope that the author is trying to cover is quite large. Unfortunately, I couldn't ever identify with or understand the characters she is trying to explain. And eventually I got bored of the repetitive sentences about the British.
I guess If I would have had a better idea about what the book was about then perhaps my expectations would have been different. So whether or not you read it depends on if this is something that interests you. It didn't hold mine and I didn't finish it.
~Becky~
Verdict: It depends
I picked this book up from my favorite bookstore long before we all came under house arrest for Covid. These were supposed to be short stories, and I love short stories that are about people. Set in the British Colonial times in India, the book follows three prominent money lenders and merchants during that time.
I started reading. The intro was a very heavy, in depth account of the situation and situation at the time. Cool. I love extra information that helps me understand the context. Only it went on, and on. I really had a hard time separating the intro from the actual start of the "stories." When the author did get going, the focus of the book was more on the British than the actual merchants that the book was about!
This is definitely an academic piece, and the scope that the author is trying to cover is quite large. Unfortunately, I couldn't ever identify with or understand the characters she is trying to explain. And eventually I got bored of the repetitive sentences about the British.
I guess If I would have had a better idea about what the book was about then perhaps my expectations would have been different. So whether or not you read it depends on if this is something that interests you. It didn't hold mine and I didn't finish it.
~Becky~
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