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Hullabaloo In The Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai

Hullabaloo In The Guava Orchard

by Kiran Desai
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  • May 1, 1998, 209 pages
  • Paperback:
  • May 1999, 224 pages
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Diamond

Many of the chapters were drawn out, maybe to just fill a page. I don't consider this book to be "a book you can't put down" because I could put it down. The book needed more action to it and needed to not be so chaotic. I'm not saying the whole book wasn't enjoyable because parts of it were. Maybe it just wasn't my type of book.
Soph

0/10 Would Not Recommend
He turns into a guava. What an original storyline! Although the author makes good use of language techniques the story line was feeble at best. The book defies all senses of logic, and I would only recommend if your into that kind of acid tripping like book.
Claudio Zalzarete

What a poor book
This is probably the worst book ever written. The author attempts to add humor with the form of monkeys... The incredibly boring and stupid plot is about a lazy and ill-educated Indian boy called Sampath, who leaves all of his responsibilities, to live in a tree with the monkeys, what a great example for kids these days. In my 37 years, I have never read such a poor book. I gave up reading after chapter 10. 1/5 poor
Tracy Day

This book was very traggy and a little boring. it did have some funny parts and scenes, but over all the book wasn't very good (in my opinion). It was very chaotic and hard to keep up with.
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