The Space Between Us: A Novel (P.S.) by Thrity Umrigar
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Book Reviews of The Space Between Us: A Novel (P.S.)
Book Review: Is a sequel planned?
Summary: 5 Stars
I agree with everyone this novel is very well written. What a testimonial on the caste system, education, poverty, womanhood, motherhood, love and hate. If it is missing anything, I would have liked the guilty to be punished, but retribution might have also ruined the renewed spirit of Bhima, so I guess I understand its absence. You know a novel has gotten to you when you continue to ponder what happenes after the last word is read. Will she find another job, does Sera eventually believe her, will her grand-daughter return to school and escape the surrounding poverty, or wll she herself, learn to read, will her son ever return to her life? So many unanswered possibilities, enough for a followup novel.Book Review: what a rich experience
Summary: 5 Stars
I just finished reading "A space between us". I could not put the book down. It had all the ingredients of a great book, a compelling story, rich descriptive language and a universal theme. It touched me on so many levels. I have a Bhima in me as well as a Sera. I identified with the pain and shame as well as with the grace and beauty. the descriptive language is so amazing that it triggered all my senses. I could smell the slums as well as the spices of the food, the market and Sera's home. It's been a while since I felt so engaged in a book and so curious about the character development. you are in for a real treat.
I cannot wait to read Thrity Umrigar next novel.
Book Review: Wonderful story, realistic characters
Summary: 5 Stars
There is so much trash published today that when I finally find a great book I am amazed at how easily I could have passed it on. I just picked this book up by accident and I am glad I did. The story is splendid in its grimmness and although some have complained that the characters were not developed enough to jsutify their actions, to me they fit the scene perfectly. The ambient details were such that the characters became part of it and their actions were reasonable given their setting. I can only think of another book that carried the same weight called The Good Earth, that left me wondering about the misery and blackness of human nature.Book Review: mesmerizing and impossibly beautiful...
Summary: 5 Stars
The Space Between Us is a fascinating story but it's also poetry. Ms. Umrigar's sentances hit you with the force of a hurricane and completely envelop you in their astonishing beauty and precision. I kept returning to reread passages the way you gaze back at a brilliant painting just to take it in one more time. To be completely assailed by its rocket blues and screaming reds. To not even notice how the colors fuse and bewitch you, but they do and no one else would ever dream of putting these colors together like this but a madman or a genius. I believe Ms. Umrigar is the latter and what she has created is pure unrecycled art.Book Review: Captivating and Moving
Summary: 5 Stars
Yet another wonderful and moving novel by Thrity Umrigar. The story vividly unfolds on each page, and I found myself unable to put the book down. It tells the story of Bhima and Sera, two people who's lives are very much different, but in many ways the same. Yes, there is much sadness in this book. However, that sadness is there for a reason and is meant to be thought-provoking. It forces you evaluate your life and your relationships. It also helps you to better understand not only the person you are, but the kind of person you want to be. The character of Bhima moved me the most, and will live on in my heart.