Brings' India alive, January 20, 2013
This review is from: Rani of Rampur (Kindle Edition)
If you are looking for a formulaic book set in a Western milieu, this book is not for you.However if you are willing to be dragged out of the comfort zone of your drawing room in the Western world, then wade in.
Suneeta Misra's Rani of Rampur is the story of Rani, a young educated journalist in a small town in India. She visits her aunt to help in the wedding preparations of her aunt's son and stumbles across murder,political machinations, family secrets and cover ups.
This is an India far from the Bollywood stereotypes. This is an India in which the law treats women equal to men but society does not. An India where change is happening rapidly but deep rooted prejudices are harder to change.
Misra's book brings alive the colors and smells of life in a small India town where time moves that bit slower and secrets bubble just beneath the placid veneer.
Bravo Ms. Misra for a fantastic first book. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Delightful story, vivid setting,
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This is one of those stories I loaded on my phone to be read casually when waiting for the train, etc... I ended up gobbling the whole thing down in two sittings. It would have been one sitting, but I got interrupted.Rani of Rampur is set in India. That alone makes it stand out from so many books out there. But you aren't just reading the story or seeing the story through the author's eyes, you are immersed in the sights, sounds and smells of India. Really vivid imagery. Suneeta Misra also gives you the language of India, in terms of how people converse, expessions, casts. You experience the setting more so than read about it. The story itself is also fascinating. There are lots of unexpected events that keep you turning the pages. The motivations for characters feel very real and, although the dialog is more formal than it would be if set in America, it also feels legitimate for the setting. I would recommend this book for anyone wanting a good story in a unfamiliar setting. Plus, you get to learn many of the customs and traditions of India, good or bad. Well done, Suneeta Misra! I will read more books from this author.
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Excellent read,
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"Rani of Rampur" by Suneeta Misra was recommended to me by a fellow reviewer and I am glad he praised it the way he did. It is an excellent murder mystery, or at least that is how it is advertised in some places, but it is so much more. It is the story of a dysfunctional family, a story about family values and the caste system in India, about Village life, about politics and corruption.The heroine, journalist Rani, is sent to assist her aunt with a family wedding where she gets drawn into the investigation of her uncle's murder while courting romance with the groom of the forthcoming wedding. This book really works on so many levels and anyone who has read other works set in India will appreciate how hard it is to translate this remote way of living to a Western audience. I loved every word of the story and highly recommend it to those already familiar with the world the story is set in and those who know little about it.
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Rani of Rampur is a well written debut novel by Suneeta Misra. I liked the way Ms. Misra has visualized the story. The characters come alive as the story is played out in the village of Rampur. We see this happen mostly through the eyes of Rani, a poor but educated city girl from Bareilly. The references to the politics of India, land laws, and women's empowerment come through in the story, and we understand that these subject areas are where Ms. Misra's heart lies. Waiting to see what she will be penning down next! |
A story that is full of twists and turns of a family in India, January 27, 2013
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Rani was by far my favorite character. As she plays a journalist in India, she views a family who are unequal in many ways. Although the book took some time to catch on for me, when it did I could not put it down. The Grammar was very good, and the insightfullness from a womans view was good. The mystery mixed with the facts of life mixed well and made for a great read for the fictional and the non fictional alike. Great job!It did however make me wonder if there had to have been alot of research done and if the book could have been written as a non fiction educational book rather than the fiction story it includes. Its certainly got both.
I will be looking for more from this author.
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