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A review by elle_reads
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
4.0
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BOOK REVIEW
[Sea of Poppies] The poppy trade changes lives from every nation.
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WHAT I LIKED
So many books gloss over the different groups within "culture clashes." Ghosh does not. He attributes the same level of detail to the relations between people of the caste system, white foreigners of different heritage, genders of each group, and the overall imbalance of power between Indians, Asians, Europeans, etc. All relationships equally propel the story. His characters are concrete without being overly cliche.
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I love Ghosh's control of time within this book. There is a mix of abrupt and gentle foreshadowing as well as a great balance of background context both for the characters history and history at large.
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WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE
There are a few cliches in building the basic character (the large silent man, the beautiful talkative flirt), but they don't always follow conventional lines. In this sense, I have less idea of what they will do despite feeling I know them.
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Warning: it does end in a cliffhanger. There will be three books total.
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Sea of Poppies (by Amitav Ghosh) ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️4/5
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
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Favorite Pages: 37, 107, 185, 193, 234, 257, 278, 357, 408, 411, 439
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BOOK REVIEW
[Sea of Poppies] The poppy trade changes lives from every nation.
//
WHAT I LIKED
So many books gloss over the different groups within "culture clashes." Ghosh does not. He attributes the same level of detail to the relations between people of the caste system, white foreigners of different heritage, genders of each group, and the overall imbalance of power between Indians, Asians, Europeans, etc. All relationships equally propel the story. His characters are concrete without being overly cliche.
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I love Ghosh's control of time within this book. There is a mix of abrupt and gentle foreshadowing as well as a great balance of background context both for the characters history and history at large.
//
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE
There are a few cliches in building the basic character (the large silent man, the beautiful talkative flirt), but they don't always follow conventional lines. In this sense, I have less idea of what they will do despite feeling I know them.
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Warning: it does end in a cliffhanger. There will be three books total.
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Sea of Poppies (by Amitav Ghosh) ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️4/5
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
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Favorite Pages: 37, 107, 185, 193, 234, 257, 278, 357, 408, 411, 439
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