I had high expectations for this novel considering it won the Booker Prize in 2006, and I’ve loved the other Booker winners I’ve read. It was full of characters and events that should have been engaging, moving, and exciting…a young-love story, the struggles of an Indian immigrant in NYC, the painful memories of an aging man…all set against the backdrop of growing civil unrest in India. It ended up falling short and feeling flat. I found myself unengaged, and I honestly didn’t care about the fates of the main characters.

3/5