Between the Assassinations: A Novel in Stories Audiobook

" Aravind Ardiga describes this town of Kittur so well that I thought it really existed. What a brilliant writer he is! "

" Started reading it last fall, stopped on page 109. Finally picked it back up last week and finished it. I'm so glad to be done with it. The White Tiger was so much better. "

" I was kind of disappointed, because this author won the Booker Prize last year, but this book wasn't nearly as good as I thought it would be. Of course, I haven't read "The White Tiger" and I am sure that will be more representative of his writing. This book was a definite sophomore slump though. "

" This was a harsh book. I don't mind that, but there was no apparent moral or purpose for all of the stories, which kind of bugs me. It was a series of short stories centered around one town, but the stories felt disconnected. I preferred his other book; I think it was "The White Tiger." "

" Intriguing, interwoven glimpses into life in a fictitious Indian city. Not always uplifting, but fascinating characters and wonderful, vivid imagery. "

" This book is quite an interesting way to set out a book. I enjoyed the authors style of writing as usual and it was interesting to read about life between the two assassinations of these two political figures in India. It was quite despressing, as was his previous book, to think that life in India was like this. I don't think this book flowed very well, although I dout that was the intention. "

" Loved it. Even more than White Tiger. "

" I really wanted to enjoy this book. I kept reading it despite my misgivings about the structure and was ultimately left disappointed. After the minutiae and intrigue of "The White Tiger", I was expecting another unique Indian tale of poverty and betrayal. Instead, this book provides a series of vignettes that are well written in their own way but lack the depth that made his previous work so engrossing. The last story, of the 55 year old Communist, is a great example: compelling setting, a complex main character but the love story is so rushed that it didn't have time to develop in a satisfactory manner. While the theme of the poor being down trodden by the middle and upper class is common to all stories, this is not enough to keep the whole thing as coherent as it needed to be. Not sure jI will read his next book after this experience. "

" I liked this and if you've read Adiga's other novels, you'll like it too. A look at the Indian caste system in the 1980s through many different characters living in the same city. Since each character(s) comprises a chapter, it almost reads as a series of linked short stories. "

" Disappointing after The White Tiger. The format is not great...and too many graphic descriptions for my liking. "

" This is the unabridged audiobook. This was a very interesting collection of short stories, I enjoyed the author's book; "White Tiger" much better, but I did like these stories. The narrator was perfect for the reading of this book. "

" I found the book average. As compared to his first book whihc one the prize, The White Tiger, I found it to be of the same style and Genre. I hope he does not go the Arundhati Roy way. "

" Not being much of a fan of the short story format I did not enjoy this near as much as The White Tiger. In the end, it took me forever to get through. An ok read. "

" Loved the vignettes of Kittur; sort of wished they had all interwoven to a plot. Still enjoyed it more than "The White Tiger". Eagerly anticipating Adiga's next book. "

" It is the story of characters in a small coastal Indian town.... depiction is just ok... nothing great "

" A good read if one wants a clear, unedited and brutally honest insight into the daily life of a typical everywhere Indian village. "

" Another difficult-to-read novel, this one is told in short stories. The characters range from the comfortably rich to the unimaginably dirt poor, and every one of them struggles with morality, temptation, frustration and oppression often of their own making. "

" It was the story of bunch of people in a place in Karnataka......writing was interesting initially but the characters really did not have an ending which was incomplete for me to enjoy "

" Fantastic, better than White Tiger, but read White Tiger first anyway. This guy loves India and is so critical of India. Not a minute reading this book is wasted. "

" not as good as the white tiger. "

" I loved the style of self-contained short stories. "

" I feel that I learn more about the human condition and spirit each time I read a book about India. "

" I have never been a fan of short stories. I like to go on a journey with a character and you just cant do that in so few pages. These stories were interesting, however, so I stayed with the book. "

" (audiobook) A series of short stories about the town of Kittur, India, which really exists (western Karnataka). I liked this much better than White Tiger, but you can definitely see some similar themes running through it. I would like to know if Rocky and Mayur have ever eaten there on Hwy 56. "

" Just too depressing after the first few stories. "

" Another difficult-to-read novel, this one is told in short stories. The characters range from the comfortably rich to the unimaginably dirt poor, and every one of them struggles with morality, temptation, frustration and oppression often of their own making. "

" Loved the white tiger - bought this hoping for similar. Very disappointed - drawn out short stories of hardship - could not see the point at all. My advice read something else. "

" would have enjoyed more as one fluid story rather than unrelated snapshots of this place during that time "

" Not as good as White Tiger. More a collection of small stories that didn't come together at the end, seemed almost unfinished. A bit disappointing really "