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I wanted so to love this, as One Amazing Thing is one of my 5 star reads of the past. However this one did not touch me in quiet the same way. I am thinking that it was not the story, but rather the main characters whom I did not connect with.
That said, Divakaruni writes beautifully. I was able to get a sense of the culture, the tradition and the pride and sense of family of these characters. I actually enjoyed the secondary characters better than the main couple of this story. Especially Koro ...more
That said, Divakaruni writes beautifully. I was able to get a sense of the culture, the tradition and the pride and sense of family of these characters. I actually enjoyed the secondary characters better than the main couple of this story. Especially Koro ...more
Sister of my Heart was a wonderful book and the reason I sought out more by this author.
Oleander Girl was an OK read but nothing like Sister ....
I grew interested in young, headstrong, and naive Korobi and her story, although melodramatic at times. Pia was a little sweetheart. As for the other characters, I think I would have liked more concise character development. Just when I thought I knew one of them, they would start to act suspiciously or in a confusing manner. Emotions ran hot and cold. ...more
Oleander Girl was an OK read but nothing like Sister ....
I grew interested in young, headstrong, and naive Korobi and her story, although melodramatic at times. Pia was a little sweetheart. As for the other characters, I think I would have liked more concise character development. Just when I thought I knew one of them, they would start to act suspiciously or in a confusing manner. Emotions ran hot and cold. ...more
3.5 Loved the character of Korobi, her relationship with her grandparents reminded me of the relationship I had with mine. Her impending marriage to Rajat, I though a mistake from the beginning and I did not too much care for him, though I did love the character of his mother. Loved reading about the culture and customs of India, the strife between those who want to keep things the old way and those who embrace the new. Really rooted for Korobi, on her travels, physically and mentally and hoped
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When her beloved grandfather, the man who raised her, dies the night of her engagement party, Korobi learns from her grieving grandmother of a long kept secret. Her grandfather had never wanted anyone to know that Korobi’s American father had not died in a car accident prior to her birth as he had told everyone. Korobi is seized with a desperate need to find that man before she enters marriage. While she travels to America to hunt for the father she never knew, her fiancé and his family struggle
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I loved this book despite thee rushed feeling to the ending. Not as mystical as
but filled with interesting, wonderful characters.
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but filled with interesting, wonderful characters.
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