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Indlæser... Zeit der Schuld (udgave 2023)af Deepti Kapoor (Autor), Astrid Finke (Übersetzer)
Work InformationAge of Vice af Deepti Kapoor
   Ingen Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I am going to skip the star rating. Made it to page 124 and called it. I found the prose overwrought and there is no subtlety at all in the storyline (I also was not crazy about the structure, but I can't really say what bugged me.) Everything that happens is utterly plot driven, people's actions are what are need to move the story where Kapoor wants it to go, and are never actions we understand based upon what little we know about the characters. Also, everything is on the page - there is no room for imagination. It reminded me of reading Dan Brown (not a compliment) but the Indian version. It was just 100% not interesting to me and there are plenty of other books to read. I am in the tiny minority, people seem to love this, but I call 'em as I see 'em.  Narshkite | Jul 30, 2023 |  A mercedes jumps the curb and 5 people are dead. A servant takes the fall and the dark drama begins. Wealth, violence, and blood thirsty the Wadia family is in charge in contemporary India. Ajay the servant who rises through the ranks of the family is loyal to Sunny the playboy heir. Epic family saga and India comes alive with gangsters and lovers. (  ) MartyB2000 | Jun 10, 2023 | This epic family crime drama did not disappoint, keeping my interest for the entire 500+ pages. Some parts were very difficult to read, there is a lot of the worst of humanity reflected in this story. The power and wealth that replace morals and empathy really steamrolled so many of the characters. There is a lot of jumping around in timeline and perspective and I wasn't always following the transitions, but I did enjoy how much time was covered in the characters' lives. The ending lost me a little, I felt like I didn't have all the threads to this massive braid of a plot, but it was still enjoyable to read to the end. ( ) KallieGrace | Jun 8, 2023 | Deepti Kapoor and Robinton Mistry harp on the ills and problems of India in Age of Vice and A Fine Balance. Both books contain pages and pages of suffering and hardships. Age of Vice utilizes too many pages on dialogue with Ajay, Sunny, and Neda that this reader skipped many pages. Too much excessive use of drugs, sex, and alcohol with the wealthy, while the poor risk loss of home and security. The jail system exposes the corruption of wealth and power within the inmates. Ajay goes to prison for one of Sunny’s friends, so the poor privileged man will not be exposed to the horrors of prison. Gangs control the prison and force the weaker inmates into service. Neither book provides any hope for the poor. (  )1  delphimo | Jun 4, 2023 | The main characters are Ajay, a boy sold into service because he lost a goat; Sunny Wadia, the son and nephew of two crime bosses; and Neda, a journalist. The story begins with a car accident that kills five people sleeping on the sidewalk in New Delhei. The car belongs to a rich man, but when the dust settles there is no rich man there. The three main characters and another wealthy man are involved in the accident and its aftermath which affects the lives of the three main characters throughout this novel. The only sympathetic character here is Ajay who does what he has to in order to stay alive and try to get back to his family. He is used by Sunny and his family and liked by Neda. Neda is involved with Sunny and Sunny is a manipulator who craves the respect of his father, Bunty Wadia, and will do anything to get it. Sunny is also an alcoholic and drug addict who refuses or is unable to help himself. Neda is a confused young college graduate who does not know what she wants and seems to just float along drinking and taking drugs. I did not like this book, it went on too long, and had only one sympathetic character. ( ) baughga | Feb 28, 2023 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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HTML:AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ??Dazzling...Finally free from the book??s grip, now all I want to do is get others hooked.??? The Washington Post ??Cinematic?A luxe thriller?As a storyteller, Kapoor is a natural.??? The New York Times "Sensationally good ?? huge, epic, immersive and absorbing ... certain to be a book of the year." ??Lee Child This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also kill. New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye, five people are dead. It??s a rich man??s car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the strange series of events that led to this crime. Nor can he foresee the dark drama that is about to unfold. Deftly shifting through time and perspective in contemporary India, Age of Vice is an epic, action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family ?? loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all. In the shadow of lavish estates, extravagant parties, predatory business deals and calculated political influence, three lives become dangerously intertwined: Ajay is the watchful servant, born into poverty, who rises through the family??s ranks. Sunny is the playboy heir who dreams of outshining his father, whatever the cost. And Neda is the curious journalist caught between morality and desire. Against a sweeping plot fueled by loss, pleasure, greed, yearning, violence and revenge, will these characters?? connections become a path to escape, or a trigger of further destruction? Equal parts crime thriller and family saga, transporting readers from the dusty villages of Uttar Pradesh to the urban energy of New Delhi, Age of Vice is an intoxicating novel of gangsters and lovers, false friendships, forbidden romance, and the consequences of corruption. It is No library descriptions found. |
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