On 2008-08-01 Natalie, wrote: As someone who is not a regular reader of Rushdie´s works, I´m going into this review fairly unaffected by any sort of opinion of him formed by other works (I just picked up ´East, West´ though to give his short stories a look).
Grimus can be confusing at times. Especially in the first half, you may lose patience with it. I would have liked to give the book a three and a half star review, but obviously I can´t, and the work it seems to take to get through the first half of the book is what made me round down instead of up.
I really enjoyed the concept of the book; it´s certainly weird, twisted fantasy writing. Rushdie creates a world that you constantly question--not because Rushdie has consistency problems, but beceause the world really is meant to be debated--is it real, or isn´t it?
Some characters are better crafted than others, but most of them I found engaging and added interesting stories to the town (but also further complicated the plot).
To be honest, my first reaction to this book was ´WTF?!´ ...but you learn to love those ´WTF´ moments. At least I did. I will say though that those moments may gross out some readers, or just skeeze them out enough to make it ´not their kind of book.´ But for those of you who welcome the weird, and who are willing to wade through some of the confusion at the beginning, the book delivers a fairly entertaining ride.. And summed up by saying Complicated, but worth finishing.. Currently Grimus: A Novel (Modern Library Paperbacks) has an overall rating of 6 over 10.
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Random House Trade Paperbacks claimed The first novel by one of our greatest novelists, restored to print by the Modern LibraryAfter drinking an elixir that bestows immortality upon him, a young Indian named Flapping Eagle spends the next seven hundred years sailing the seas with the blessing, and ultimately the burden, of living forever. Eventually, he grows weary of the sameness of life and journeys to the mountainous Calf Island to regain his mortality. There he meets other immortals obsessed with their own stasis, and he sets out to scale the island’s peak, from which the mysterious and corrosive Grimus Effect emits. Through a series of thrilling quests and encounters, Flapping Eagle comes face-to-face with the island’s creator and unwinds the mysteries of his own humanity.
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