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A review by leemac027
Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup
2.0
This was a hard read. The characters were stereotyped and disappointing- the narrative showed some hope at the beginning, but that descended into caricature and farce.
Some of the characters were simply unbelievable - the cowboy Texan Larry Page (no not the Google guy) who was taken in by a mail order bride scam, then lurches into a call centre scam and is then kidnapped by an offshoot of Al-Quaeda. I know some people can be naive but Larry takes the cake including not knowing the President of the United States' office is based in the White House - and of course he has never heard of the US Constitution - anyone who knowns any American will know that this is not possible.
The Indian characters were a parody and I found them quite insulting.
I tried to find something positive but to no avail - sadly.
Some of the characters were simply unbelievable - the cowboy Texan Larry Page (no not the Google guy) who was taken in by a mail order bride scam, then lurches into a call centre scam and is then kidnapped by an offshoot of Al-Quaeda. I know some people can be naive but Larry takes the cake including not knowing the President of the United States' office is based in the White House - and of course he has never heard of the US Constitution - anyone who knowns any American will know that this is not possible.
The Indian characters were a parody and I found them quite insulting.
I tried to find something positive but to no avail - sadly.