03-18-2007, 11:20 PM
This has been sitting on our bookshelf for sometime, so I took it down on a whim yesterday, wondering if Kumar could indeed play Gogol, and couldn't put it down. I'm not sure why I couldn't put it down exactly. It was fairly predictable. It didn't blow me away or anything. There were no fight scenes. Lahiri's style is solid and readable. She's got a good eye for character development and details. I may have been captivated moreso from my affection towards Indian culture, or perhaps the parallel with being an ABC/sansei to being an ABCD. Nevertheless, I found it quite entertaining and look forward to Nair's film, being a fan of her work in general. And I think Kumar will be perfect for the part.
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