The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy Reviews

This book is one of the 1001 Books To Read Before You Die, and I can see why. The story is of a family in India who have suffered tragedies that aren't revealed until very late in the book, we are told early on that the girl Sophie Mol dies but we don't know how or why it had such a huge impact on the rest of the family's lives. The majority is ...

This novel graps us,readers, in a sort of weirdness abt family ties.Roy has well depicted the south indian culture interweaving the routine indian life,sex,social castes n discrimination.The constant flashbacks in the novel pictures the beauty of the contemporary literature.i would recommend this book...absolutely!!

Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things was published in 1996. It quickly became a best seller and won the Booker prize in 1997. I first read the book in 2000 after it was recommended by a friend who was studying it as part of her English Literature Degree. The same friend went on to conduct her Literature MA into this book. I read the book again ...

I read this book some years ago now and it remains one of my favourite novels. The God of Small Things was Arundhati Roy's first novel for which she gained worldwide recognition and success. The story is an imaginative interwoven narrative that mixes light humour with a deeper underlying leitmotif. Like many great works of fiction ...

This book is spellbinding! Set in India, and focusing on a family, and a misfortunate incident which occurs. I never thought I would enjoy this book as much as I did, given that most of my friends didn't get past the first page... But I would class this book as my favourite book of all time! The incident ...

This book is so unlike anything I have ever read before, and is everything I would aspire to as a writer. This is the example I will constantly compare to, the standard by which anything I ever write will have to be held up to. Though this is probably a useless aspiration since I doubt anyone but Arundhati Roy could create what she has with this ...

It seems I'm going against the grain a bit here, but I didn't enjoy this book as much as I hoped and others who have reviewed it here did. Others have described the plot and the characters on these pages in close detail, so I won't duplicate, however I did find 'The God of Small Things' quite difficult to get into - ...

this book is unspeakably beautiful. the tale it presents is horrifying, moving, beautiful and painful, and it is told with such flourish and wordplay. roy paints such a vivid picture in this novel of the land, the plants and the people that it is hard to leave the book. you can almost smell mangos in the air. id recomend this book to ...

As I write about this book, Iam a wee bit embarrassed. For one, I should have read this classic earlier, much earlier. Secondly no reviews or praise can actually do justice to this masterpiece. Even here the word ‘Masterpiece’ becomes an understatement. Arundhati Roy, an author blessed by ‘The God of Small Things’, with an ...

This is a beautifully written book which is a delight to read. Roy invites us into the world of a well to do family in India which literally falls apart. Roy's storytelling is interesting as she skips back and forth in time and practically reveals the ending at the beginning. The story is haunting and she uses evocative language to increase ...

Arundhati Roy burst into the literary scene with this novel, scooping the Booker Prize effortlessly in 1997. Now I always approach Booker prize novels with trepidation. They somehow never live up to the hype. I am happy to say that 'The God of small things' not only lives upto its hype but also surpasses all expectations. I am ...