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If I hadn't been reading this for book group, I probably would have stopped early on, but not because of any flaw in the book. The things that happen to people around Ram (and by extension, affect him) are occasionally so horrible that I wanted to cry. However, I am VERY glad that I kept reading, because the ending is worth it. (I almost got teary-eyed.)
If you saw the movie, the only similarity is the fact that a poor, uneducated Indian boy goes on a game show and because of his experiences, he ...more
If you saw the movie, the only similarity is the fact that a poor, uneducated Indian boy goes on a game show and because of his experiences, he ...more
This is the book that the Best Picture movie, Slumdog Millionaire, is based off of. While a huge fan of the movie, I did not enjoy the book nearly as much. The movie is VERY loosely based on the book and besides a handful of characters with the same name and a couple similar flashback scenarios, the two may as well be completely separate. This is one of those rare times when the movie outshines the book.
Delightful Book with feel good ending.
Aug 17, 2014
Lucy
marked it as to-read
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Katherine Hayward Pérez
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