This book was perfect in many ways. It provided the reader an insight on how the people coming to the US from different countries, such as, India, may feel and how hard it is, as a child, to grow up in two different cultures. In that sense, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. The message of the book was a great life lesson, but as I read through the novel, the message seemed to be disappearing. Since the book follows the life of Gogol, the reader goes through all of his experiences, and along the way, learns about India's culture. But, gradually, the lessons of the book turned into the devastating events that occur to the main character. At that point of the novel, I was becoming a little bored of the book. The message was gone and now the story was just about the character's unfortunate experiences. I trudged through the rest of the book, and was actually content to see it end.

On a more positive note, I would like to say that the writing of the author was great and interesting to read in that sense. The ending, though I will not give it away, also summed up the book fantastically.
This book was perfect in many ways. It provided the reader an insight on how the people coming to the US from different countries, such as, India, may feel and how hard it is, as a child, to grow up in two different cultures. In that sense, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. The message of the book was a great life lesson, but as I read through the novel, the message seemed to be disappearing. Since the book follows the life of Gogol, the reader goes through all of his experiences, and along the way, learns about India's culture. But, gradually, the lessons of the book turned into the devastating events that occur to the main character. At that point of the novel, I was becoming a little bored of the book. The message was gone and now the story was just about the character's unfortunate experiences. I trudged through the rest of the book, and was actually content to see it end. On a more positive note, I would like to say that the writing of the author was great and interesting to read in that sense. The ending, though I will not give it away, also summed up the book fantastically.