32 - Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh
WHY I PICKED IT: Recommended by my friend Wendy
ELAPSED TIME: 5 Days
RATING: REQUIRED READING
Wow! This story is engaging. Multiple interlinked stories - The widowed opium farmer. The bankrupt raja. The white orphan girl whose parents died in India, and her "brother," the orphan son of her wet nurse. The carpenter turned sailor. All aboard an old slaving ship.
Amitav Ghosh's tale is gripping and engaging. The backdrop is realistic and troublesome (a believable picture of India during Colonialism and the Opium Wars), and all of the characters have depth (albeit, without flaws), and you want to root for each of them.
This blog is a simple review of every book that I read... For all books I’ll tell you why I picked it, how long it took me to read it, and give it a rating (burn it, not good, meh, good, very good, and required reading). I ask (encourage?) all readers of my blog to post their thoughts of any of the books in my comments :). Thanks!
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