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Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje

Anil's Ghost

by Michael Ondaatje
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  • First Published:
  • May 1, 2000, 320 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Apr 2001, 320 pages
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Funker

Yes - this book jumps around a lot. However, when you finish it, you're mind will be astonihed at the complexity and intelligence of the novel. If you don't like this book, it's because you don't understand it.
stainz

this book is crazy, it jumps all over the place, but the dept of the story is amazing. There is so much detail about everything and the more i read the more it blew my mind!
BuffaloGirlKS

Sri Lanka Civil War
This is the second Michael Ondaatje book I have read and I am still not a fan. Although I was not even aware that Sri Lanka was convulsed by civil war in the late 20th century and I learned much from the book, I still found it to be lackluster. It was disjointed, flopped around between time periods, and hard to understand because of frequent words I didn't understand. Even reading an ebook didn't help as translation wasn't available. Very important theme, but the book certainly won't make it something people want to learn about.
SNM

The story in the book was good, in fact I loved the story. But saddly the writing sucked. The book jump all over the place, for the past to the prestent, and then back agian. There was too much going on that did not add to the story but was there to simple take up space and pages.

Betty

I do not recommend
I did not like the book at all. And no, I didn't understand most of it. Most of the time, I thought it was boring. I have no idea what the chapter on her friend in Arizona had to do with the main story but I liked that chapter better than most of the others. And the ending was like..."I'm tired of writing so I'll just end the book now". And for me to give a book a good rating, it has to have a good ending. It doesn't have to be the ending I want but it has to really end the story--and this one didn't.
tootie

anil's ghost
I did not like this book at all. I was listening to it on tape and it was so confusing. I could not follow what was going on.
Jordan

this book jumps all over the place. nothing makes sense, right when I think I understand whats going on, the book changes time. this boock it by far one of the worst I have ever read!
sabina hall

This book was slow, pedantic and thoroughly boring.
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