Sacred Games

Can't Finish This

The author presupposes that one has a familiarity with Indian Culture and words. When he said that something smelled like Gur, I had no idea if that was good or bad (is it sweet food or excrement?) and that's just one of many examples. I found that it was just too difficult googling words so often and that took away from my reading enjoyment. I don't always read near a computer. I read books to learn something or to enjoy the reading experience for entertainment. The plot and characters of Sacred Games were so interesting that I wish I could read the rest of the story, but alas, I'm giving the book away.

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Incredible...

As huge as this novel is, it still surprises me that the author managed to put this much story into 900 pages. I saw at least 3 distinct novels in this piece, but I am glad that it is all combined in one volume. Vikram Chandra has amazing talent, and leaves no stone unturned in his writing. This novel is impressive, well written, and thought provoking. A great effort from a great author.

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Fantastic

I must day that I could not finish Vikram Chandra's first novel 'Red Earth and Pouring Rain'. This one is fantastic, there is no other word to describe it at all.

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Excellent

Just a great story. Great writing, great characters, plot, backstories, etc. Great descriptions of Mumbai and India, but they were never dull. The setting was as compelling a character as any of the characters themselves.

Sacred Games

A journey into another land, where things are familiar on the surface but become darker and more perilous the further you wander. I knew nothing of the Indian culture going into the book and was pleasantly surprised by some of the cultural and historical (implied) situations and positions discussed in the book. The characters were developed a little slowly at first and once the book gets going, it was easy to pick out my favorites. At times it felt like there was too much detail in the writing, yet it all managed to come together in the end, and I don't think it would have without the extra details up front. I loved the side stories interjected throughout the main story and how they nicely tied into and related back to the overall adventure being pursued by the characters. It was refreshing and felt more honest to have all the threads of the journey weave together at the end without a bow or clichéd ending. I really enjoyed the various arenas the book explores: gangsters, families, religion, commerce, governments and their agencies, teachers, rebels, kids all wrapped together with the same goal in their hearts but a thousand different ways to obtain it. On one level Sacred Games is fine example of religion being twisted and used to manipulate and remove opposition. My only recommendation would be to use the glossary at the back of the book from the start. I never look at the back cause I don't want to ruin the ending.

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