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Victory City by Salman Rushdie

11 reviews

mjchamplin's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Beautiful in its worldbuilding and commentary on the hubris of empire, but it lost me in the final half. It's too short to be truly epic, but too epic to be truly personal.

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angorarabbit's review against another edition

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dark funny reflective relaxing sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

TLDR: A well told story. 
 
The story is told with modern sensibilities but lush descriptions of people and placers. Written by an omniscient third person narrator paraphrasing a found ancient manuscript. There is a fair bit of humour and swipes at intolerance and the discrimination of people due to their gender, sexual preference, religion, ethnic group, or economic circumstances. 
 
Characters are complex and diverse, main characters get backstories. The plot is easy to follow Place settings are detailed. The writing is beautiful and clear.As the story goes on there is foreshadowing so there are no plot twists or surprises. 
 
This was a lovely tale and now I know that the pink monkeys with no tail are the worst. 


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nicklybear's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0


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emciver's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Reading like a translation of an epic, similar to the “Iliad”, Victory City allows a a look at how society changes and repeats itself over generations. Using one character to witness this - and shape it - is a unique take on this observation. 

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droggelbecher42's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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neens_m's review against another edition

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adventurous tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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alisonvh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I normally love Salman Rushdie, but this book didn’t do much for me. I didn’t dislike it, but I didn’t love it as much as I’ve loved his other books. It was a solid “meh” for me.

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mishalleneous_451's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Salmon Rushdie at his storytelling finest. An epic story set in 15th century India. Magic realism, legend, archetypes, goddesses and gods all woven into the story of an orphaned girl who is imbued with the essence of a goddess. 

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naomi_k's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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thewrightsage's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Honestly, this book was fantastic and I really enjoyed it.

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