The book kept my interest and was certainly good. However, I think this is the type of book that made me hate reading as a child. Rushdie purposely obfuscates his writing, by jumping back and forth through time within the same sentence. He also uses improper grammar, among other things. I'm sure the critics call these literary devices, I found it disconcerting at first, but got used to it.

The character development is sorely lacking in comparison to Palace Walk.

I cant recall any books actually being emotionally draining and this book was that and then some. I know almost nothing of the Afghan Culture but felt I was in the middle of it while reading this book.

Cute book, but nothing spectacular. Plenty of internally mixed and confusing metaphors.

A salacious book which was not very salacious. There are some interesting tid bits and seems a fairly accurate depiction of the Aga Khan family.

One of the more disappointing books I've read in a long time. The allegories were oftentimes at best useless and at worst absurd.