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Tiger's Daughter

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I had to agree somewhat with the reviewer from Houston, TX, that The Tiger's Daughter is hard to understand in spots. However, having read Jasmine, I can follow her showing the reader the effects of moving from one culture to another. I think some sociologist has written of the "marginal man," that is the first-generation immigrant who is not at home in his new culture, but cannot comfortably return to the old one either.

Aside from this, I liked learning about Indian culture. I know nothing about the lifestyles of about a half billion people. Jasmine is easier reading, once you pick up on the succession of name changes for the main character, but I'd recommend either book if you want to get acquainted with some other-than-Western writers.

Reading this book was like eating meringue -- sweet, pleasurable, but in the final analysis - no substance.

Maybe I'm just too dense, but I didn't get "it". I couldn't identify, or even empathize witht he heroine. I couldn't appreciate the significance of what the things that happened to the heroine. I got the feeling that the lovely prose was supposed to set the stage, let us feel the strangeness and familiarity of the India our heroine was returning to -- but I missed it. It got close, but in the end, I was just confused and disappointed. I felt like the entire book was a build up for the "real" story...

I had to read this book for school and the whole class agreed with me that is was incredibly BORING. Nothing really interesting happens, u keep expecting something, but nothing. Then it stops at certain parts when it could easily go on and it gets annoying. I am also a person who enjoys reading books, but this one was just lame.