Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Ratings40
Average rating4.1
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Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Ratings40
Average rating4.1
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This is a really cool book. It is a true story, meticulously researched, and then written like a novel. While occasionally there are preachy under/overtones, they were not overly distracting. Definitely worth reading!
I really did want to like this book ... And true to the rating, I found it OK. I didn't like it nor did I dislike it. I can appreciate the depth of her reporting and her skill in crafting a narrative that seemed more like a novel, replete with an interesting cast of characters, the treatment of whom Boo resists making heroes or villains out of. But in the end, it never grabbed me.
Not an easy read especially if you've never been to Bombay. Even for those who've lived there, Annawadi is that familiar place that you refused to know more about. Boo weaves a compelling story from real-life narratives of the people she met.
Nothing evokes guilt like reading about poverty on a brand-new shiny e-book gadget...
