![]() ![]() Or click here to read other people’s reviews of Brick Lane on Amazon. Overall I don’t regret reading this, but I do feel as if I would have been better off reading it with lower expectations.Ĭlick here to read more of my book reviews. It’s quite a big leap, and didn’t convince me totally. Unfortunately some of the things she does when she starts to take action are not very believable, like joining an activist group and having an affair with its organiser. This is consistent with the character, but doesn’t make for a great story until much later in the book where she starts to take action. Part of the difficulty of the book lies in the fact that for much of it, Nazneen is so accepting of her fate. Answers for monica, author of brick lane (3) crossword clue, 3 letters. It was an interesting depiction of a woman who moves to England in an arranged marriage and gradually, over decades, changes from someone who accepts her fate to someone who takes charge of it. I think maybe this is one of those cases where the hype was so massive that the reality is bound to disappoint. Climax: Nazneen finishes paying the debt she. Setting: East Pakistan, late 1960s Dhaka, Bangladesh, early nineties to early 2000s London, early 90s to early 2000s. The book as a whole is not simplistic, but the ending made it seem that way. Literary Period: Contemporary Literature, Migrant Literature. Hated the ending – don’t worry, I won’t give it away, but the last line just sounded so corny I was quite shocked. ![]() I enjoyed the story and it was well-written, but to me nothing special. ![]()
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