Deval

What a wonderful book that feels like a warm hug. Wish I could meet Ms Sayuri Komachi some day and see what she would recommend for me ❤️

Absolutely loved this book. Right now, I have no words to express how this book made me feel. Hopefully soon, I can pen a suitable review that will make everyone read this book.

Please read this book

Something is lost in translation. Quite bizarre.

Everyone in this country should read this book.

Disturbing but unputdownable.

One of the most difficult books that I have ever read. Gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, and definitely not for faint-hearted.

This book feels like a high school project of someone who reads a lot of mystery books and then tried to write one.

What a wonderful book about complex relationships!

I really wanted to love this book. It's well researched but it meanders a lot. It could have been at least 50-80 pages shorter. Nonetheless I did enjoy the roller coaster ride.

If I could write a review without giving a single star, I would. But apparently I can't. I don't understand this book. It's went nowhere and yet I feel I travelled and had an unpleasant journey. I would have rather read The Little Prince twice than read this one. Avoid wasting your time.

This book is not for the faint-hearted ones. It's a book that will rip you apart without telling you how to put yourself back together again. Kawakami's words will haunt you, and linger around for a long time. Kudos to the translators who have done a wonderful job of translating the pain and suffering of the characters.

What pile of rubbish. Why is this book so famous and on every recommended list? It's a complete waste of time.

What can one say about Steinback's writing? It's thought-provoking and soothing at the same time. Different from his other works, the central theme of the book seems to be Joseph's relationship with nature. Joseph's journey had a fore-boding shadow that ran along with the book. A definite must- read.

The novel has its moments. Some prose resonated too well with me. The language is quite fluid and takes you on a smooth ride. I wish it had more conversations between Tara and Shashi instead of just the last few pages. All in all, a nice breezy read.

Discomfort in the title is an understatement. The book gets dark and depressive with each page not to mention grotesque at times. Definitely not for fainted-hearted ones.

The book is disguised as fantasy but is too preachy and predictable.

Brilliantly-crafted mystery that keeps you hooked till the last moment. But it certainly could have been a lot crispier and shorter. Too many sub-plots that probably were not needed. Nonetheless, a gripping read that you would expect from the author.

The friend who lent me the book mentioned that it will feel like a warm hug

The price one pays for the flaws of being human.

Quick lunch time read. If Indian mythology attracts you go for it. All the tales are quite concise and less than 2 pages.

While the book is written as a sensational narrative, it feels like incoherent thoughts of a juvenile writer and not of an award-winning journalist.

However, I do want to applaud Rana Ayub for having the guts to do what she has done. No one can take that away from her. I genuinely wish the book would have been better organised and edited.

The grammatical errors and spelling mistakes were a big turn off as well.

The book started with so much potential but the narrative was lost somewhere. Nonetheless, I loved reading about how the Oxford dictionary came into being and the process of its compilation. I wish I knew more about Esme after she leaves Scriptorium. I felt the story was somehow cut short abruptly.

What a delightful, adventurous ride this book is. Just pick it up and start opening the doors!

Painful and gut-wrenching prose. It will hit you like a punch which requires more than a few moments to catch your breath. Steinback weaves the story with prose that makes you want to complete it as fast as you can and savour it for a little longer.

P.S. The end hit me the hardest and was duly addressed with a meltdown.

So it goes.

It's really hard to categorise this book into any genre. All I can say it's a brilliant piece of literature.

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