In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Audiobook (Unabridged)

" This book is a series of short stories set in contemporary Pakistan, with interlocking plot-lines. Although the author has skill, I found that the stories were too short to allow for character development, which left me dissatisfied with the book as a whole. "

" Junot Diaz tells me something is gold, I read it. The story he loved so much, "A Spoiled Man," is worth the price of the book. The rest? Meh. "

" This is a strangely compelling book. The plots and writing are simple, and yet there's something about them that made me want to stay up late into the night reading. "

" A little hard to follow time and personal connections but really richly told. "

" a combination of tom bissel and adam haslett set in pakistan "

" Feudal Punjab - yuck! Book about it - nice! Nomination for a Pulitzer prize - need i say more? I don't think so. Read it and you'll know why I like it. "

" Each short story fleshes out individuals whose common link is the wealthy Harouni family. Issues of morality and personal accountability & responsibility are center to each story, successfully highlighting caste and class differences in Pakistan. "

" Beautiful. Destined to become a classic. "

" This was a great book that I couldn't put down. It is a collection of short stories that take place in Pakistan. Read it!!! "

" I really enjoyed these short stories. They reminded me a little bit of Rohinton Mistry's writing. I liked the writing style and the characters, and even the uncertain endings. "

" OK book. Makes you think every old man in Pak is having a thing with young girls or servants. A little senstaionalized I think, but worth reading. "

" Trying to read new and different authors. This is a trip to a land I have never read about, Pakistan. Lovey stories...interconnected and entwined as growing vines. "

" Some of the stories I loved, some less so. "

" A series of short stories, all interconnected, weave a tale of life in Pakistan. A very interesting look into a life and culture that I have not experienced. Normally I don't like collections of short stories, but I really enjoyed this one. "

" A window on life in modern Pakistan--a life so different from ours it's sometimes hard to fathom. "

" Brilliant - easily a best book of 2010. "

" Excellent collection of short stories, superb writing style "

" String of short stories set in Pakistan with various perspective "

" A book for the senses! Beautifully written accounts of several lives including a servant girl, a rich landowner, (heartbreaking)old man in the different areas of Pakistan: villages and cities...I felt like I was there. "

" Not a huge fan. I really disliked the portrayal of women in the stories - I thought the women were not very nuanced or well-written. I also disliked how they were just constantly just using sex to further themselves. Overall, its just meh. "

" took me by surprise. i thought i was reading a novel and then slowly realized these stories weren't totally connected. i enjoyed it though. "

" Great book. Interesting description of life in Pakistan from different perspectives.... "

" This is a very good collection of stories. "

" "Lily" was my favorite story of the collection... "

" I really enjoyed every story but the last two. "