Comments on: Book Review: The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2008/07/28/book-review-the-inheritance-of-loss-by-kiran-desai/ Pin-Up Girl with a Reading Fetish Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:43:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: The Inheritance of Loss By Kiran Desai | Page247 http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2008/07/28/book-review-the-inheritance-of-loss-by-kiran-desai/comment-page-1/#comment-78841 The Inheritance of Loss By Kiran Desai | Page247 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:44:19 +0000 http://rjsbooklady.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-78841 [...] The Book Lady’s Blog [...] [...] The Book Lady’s Blog [...]

]]> By: Dawn (SheIsTooFondOfBooks) http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2008/07/28/book-review-the-inheritance-of-loss-by-kiran-desai/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Dawn (SheIsTooFondOfBooks) Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:30:54 +0000 http://rjsbooklady.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-299 I found that *The Inheritance of Loss* weighed me down and left me with a feeling of hopelessness for the characters and their situations. Effective, but not one I would recommend. Like you, I expected to enjoy it, and wanted to enjoy it, but just felt exhausted after reading it! Loved *The Namesake* and Thrity Umrigar's *The Space Between Us*. I haven't yet read Lahiri's short fiction collection. I found that *The Inheritance of Loss* weighed me down and left me with a feeling of hopelessness for the characters and their situations. Effective, but not one I would recommend. Like you, I expected to enjoy it, and wanted to enjoy it, but just felt exhausted after reading it!

Loved *The Namesake* and Thrity Umrigar’s *The Space Between Us*. I haven’t yet read Lahiri’s short fiction collection.

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