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The opening incident is outstanding. Then I liked the entire psychologist’s analysis in California, her fears and their past relation with the incident (I can’t give away) and all that is fantastic. In fact, I read it twice.
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This story drew me away to my own childhood. In a peaceful neighbourhood where I grew up singing and acting in dramas, we later saw violence. It shook me all the more because it’s based on what we saw first hand- bullets rushing through the tender hearts of little souls. Thus The Poison Earrings portrays a remarkable episode of a reality my home region passed through. Tragedy visits all societies or most societies and leaves behind devastating pains. What stretches this story beyond the pain is that it’s a story of love too, a tale of love with unpredictability. The narrator loved a woman once but lost her. For many pages, his story takes us through the times of their lives in two different countries, six thousand or more miles apart. Tragedy visits him again as disease takes away someone very dear to his heart- his mother, a woman who put her children’s needs before her own in the worst of their times. Now he loves another woman but her heart is impenetrable. Love’s magic is darker and more subtle. But she begins to recall the experiences of a pleasant childhood and finds comfort in it. People find comfort in many things and only one of them is love. ...................Lipika Goswami
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This intense story is summed up on a beautiful island of a mighty river where their destinies sowed the first seeds of love. Whether we call this story tragically comic or absurdly tragic, for sure, there is nothing I have read quite like this novel. There is a moment here which I would love to call "The Titanic moment" although it’s not like the movie "Titanic" where Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) dies and Rose (Kate Winslet) dramatically survives to tell us their love story. Here who actually survives to tell us the story, only the future will reveal. For the new world of love and its actors and for showcasing the transformation of love from one form to another and its supremely therapeutic qualities, THE POISON EARRINGS is a novel that will be marvelled at for years to come.
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One of the most thought-provoking books I’ve read in a while as I’ve been traveling across India- an interesting land- vast, diverse and mysterious. I absolutely loved the heroine and the hero- both are amazing in their own rights. Of course, I liked the gay boss, he is such an irritating character. I keep going back to California and France - the characters of Rishie and XXX have more intensity and passion than any of the other characters. The prose is movie-like, free-flowing converations in visible moods. Later in the story I could easily relate to the psychological aspect of the trauma as I’ve seen someone close suffering from a similar one (not same but distantly similar). However, I didn’t’ quite get the role of the Chinese guy in the California party. How could they remain so calm after his sudden departure?
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Poison Earrings came across as a refreshing novel where the reader is hooked to the narrative from the beginning. It is a tumultuous journey of the protagonist Rishie, over a period of about fifteen years, introduced as youth in late teens or early twenties, in the city of Tezpur in the Northeastern state of Assam in India. As the events and tragedies unfold the scenic Tezpur transforms into a land threatened by insurgency throwing Rishie out to Delhi, the national capital and then later to Paris and US. The marital discord, a chance encounter with an old flame, encounters with a sleazy corporate boss are some of the parts that stand out for liberal sarcastic and delightful humour that help you cruise through a really thought provoking and often dark tale. The thread of a romance, as expected by the title, never really comes clear while the reader keeps looking for it. The author cleverly leads the readers into analysis of causes and effects of sociopolitical system through the carefully constructed personality of the protagonist who despite tribulations in life never loses his observational capacity. Through his journey we get to know about the impact of insurgency in the northeastern India, the multiple social worlds in Delhi, the societal conflicts in the US subconsciously engaged in various wars. The fast pace through the myriad characters, often with weird names, dotting the landscape of the book make an absolutely interesting reading throughout.
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No doubt, the reading experience for me has been intensely exciting. I read the story twice, back to back. I'm eager to read it again. Standing still in front her mirror and refusing to be anything less ambiguous than an avid actor of a forbidden game, later in life she pursues what she loves the most- quite a fab portrayal, so to speak. And then he seems to be a man born with the veil of mystery. But the question remains- will they be able to break through the barriers of convention? It isn't a drama like Games of Thrones where people could act out any secret game keeping in mind that a camera is only watching their dramatized versions of emotions.
The Poison Earrings
For me the main attraction of The Poison Earrings was the name of the book. I am not fond of novels and to be very honest never thought that i would be able to finish the book.The content kept me so engrossed that I read the entire book in very less time.I fell in love with the description of Assam.Later I got so frustrated because what I expected never happened but something else happened.I am sure the house mentioned in the end is the most sought after one by any lover.
Nabanita Pathak
Guwahati Assam