Too much hyperbole. Too much exposition. Too much erudition. Lovely critique of Trump and how we found ourselves in this shituation.

story was ok, but loved the writing

Rushdie' latest novel about an obsessed filmmaker and his relationship with a mysterious wealthy Indian family is a feat that will be discussed, debated, and pored over as with this tale he has written the first novel to capture the spirit and angst of Trump's America. The language is poetically dense at times as Rushdie embraces postmodernism with his combination of magical realism, film scripts, memoir, and other authors' styles such as Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and even a dose of Pynchon.

Periaatteessa kaikki palikat kohdallaan ja taitava kirjoittaja. Hahmot jäi kuitenkin etäiseksi kaikessa tragediassaankin. Juoni tunti jo kerran nähdyltä. Joskus ei vain sytytä ylistetytkään kirjat, tämä harmi kyllä oli sellainen. Luin väkisin loppuun.

Another absolute masterpiece by Rushdie.
The usage of vivid and developed characters to critique our society and the time we live is done so in a beautiful and engaging manner.
As with all Rushdie works, it takes some patience working through all of the allusions. But looking into the references is well worth it, I promise.

Rushdie is a lexicon genius. It is no different in 'The Golden House'. He writes as a New Yorker. Rushdie tells a tale of an immigrant Mumbai family, hiding with new identities, under a mysterious veil of danger in New York City.

This is a very readable novel, without the Muslim/Indian baseline which is foreign to most and makes some Rushdie novels seem somewhat dense. The Golden House is a interesting read by a man who is comfortable in cultures around the globe and does not mind splashing around in his literary bona fides for the readers' enjoyment.

I initially thought that an upper Manhattan setting was not what I expected from Rushdie, but this scenario gives him the opportunity to make some observations about life in exile, even in the midst of comfort, that are clearly informed by his own experience. Highly recommended!

I got through about 90% of this and then I just stopped caring. At first it was an interesting glimpse into a certain type of life and then it became just too self-indulgent and I stopped caring about the characters. Just not tight enough and overly long and complicated.