Date Finished: Unrecorded
My Rating: 3/5
I felt rather intimidated picking up the first book of my challenge and it being quite a big one, and written by Salman Rushdie no less. Fortunately however, I spent a lot of time reading as a child and teenager, and had a couple of years with no TV in my early 20s, so am no stranger to picking up a chunky novel and settling down with it. I was somewhat out of practice, or habit maybe, and this book took me a long time to read, as I literally only read it on the half-hour bus journeys to and from work a couple of times a week and the occasional lunch break too.
Weirdly, what I remember most about the first half of the book (remember that I'm back-blogging this), is that I kept forgetting that it wasn't a true story. Now, this is weird because the 'Midnight Children' are more than just a little bit magic. Think characters out of Heroes for an idea of some of their 'powers'. The True Story thing is down to Rushdie's style of writing, as it is told from the viewpoint of the main character looking back over his rather eventful life.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book right up until the last chapter, and then remember feeling a little bit disappointed with the way that it ended. Without going back and re-reading the whole book, I'm afraid I won't be able to tell you exactly what made me feel like that, but do not let that put you off reading it.
So, who would enjoy reading this book? This is not a trashy airport novel, and is definitely a bit of a 'thinker'. I would probably recommend investing more time into reading it than I did so that you don't lose the fluidity of the story. There are a few twists and turns in there that you will do well to keep abreast of.
Anyways, apologies that this is not more in-depth. As I have mentioned, I finished this probably about 6 months ago, so am going on memories. Not the best start to my blog, I know, but I wouldn't feel like it was complete if I didn't mention something about the first 15 books I have read.
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