The Mountain Shadow
Almost same as Shantaram, more positive but that's what made it more corny. A little bit too long, but a good read, after all. I don't agree with any review which shred it to pieces. Remember Papillon and Banco. I think I liked Banco as much as Papillon.
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In isolation a decent book, as hard as it is to seprate from the masterpiece of book 1. This book tried too hard and didn't hit those peaks. Felt there was too much philosophy and was disappointed with the characters in this book compared to the last book.
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Like "Shantaram," I started reading this on a series of long haul flights that I had to stay awake for. The pay off for dragging it through airport security is that it does the job well. Four hours into a seven hour flight, I was still entertained and hadn't left the teeny tiny confines of my economy seat. I'm usually not the biggest fan of purple/florally prose, but it works for the overwhelming deluge of plot and characters in "The Mountain Shadow."
I don't think
"Shantaram" necessarily needed to have a sequel, and I don't think I needed to read "The Mountain Shadow," but I'm happy that I did. I definitely would not have been able to pick up/put down this book since so much is happening and it's a little hard to keep track of, but it's good if you need something for long stretches of time (planes, trains, jury duty, etc.). I hold to the idea that "Shantaram" would have worked as multiple books instead of just one behemoth, and am still mind boggled that this exists as a sequel and at the thought of what a third, and even fourth, sequel might involve.
I do wonder if DGR suddenly realized that his manuscript was, once again, reaching a slightly ridiculous heft, because a few sub-plots [spoiler!!!]the Gemini Georges in particular that were humming along suddenly got wrapped up towards the end and that was that. Not that I wanted another 100 pages, but it would have been nicer to either give them what they were owed, or just omit it entirely.
Guest 5 years ago
I read about 1/2 of Shantaram before an ex-lover "borrowed" it and I never got back to it. Mountain Shadow kept me entertained - kept thinking of Gerald Butler in Den of Thieves and could see the book as a movie. I also found it a bit too philosophical - and thinly veiled as guru talk at that. the ending was too pat and very disappointing with all the ends neatly tied together a little too implausibly. Then when I turned the cover over and saw that "GDR has retired from public life" I felt the full weight of this author's overblown ego. I went home and found my second hand copy of Shantaram and donated it to the local library. Won't read any of his stuff in future.
Guest 6 years ago
cum sock
Guest 6 years ago
With just a glimpse of the page IM IN LOVE
Guest 6 years ago
Not even half as interesting as Shantaram, story drags after chapter fifty five & characters are forced fled from the scene. Too many subplots ad not even one of them connecting eventually to make sense. No new character to remember & the main lead Karla is too confusing for a reader to understand. I don't understand if this piece was written as a memoir , a spiritual awakening or with just a plain simple madness of Shantaram for Karla in the backdrop of main story line.Apologies for being rude but you can miss to read it without any hassle.
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