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Victory City by Salman Rushdie

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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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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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joannalouise's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring fast-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

4.75


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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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machenn's review against another edition

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

3.0


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sarah984's review against another edition

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

4.0

This is my first book by Salman Rushdie and overall I really enjoyed it. It's styled as a sort of modern recounting of a (fictional) ancient Indian epic poem about the rise and fall of a city grown from magic seeds created by a young woman who gains a god's powers after witnessing injustice. The story is poignant and beautiful but also really funny in places. I docked a star because I felt like some of the gender related magic in the middle section wasn't that well executed but overall I would absolutely recommend.

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