Mezzanotte e cinque a Bhopal

I have been postponing to write this review for over a month.. actually 2 months. That's because I am from Bhopal. What it talks about has lived in the 10km radius of my home, not too long back. The truth is, this industrial calamity is still alive with some residents of my city. December 3rd is the Leggi tutto

Don't read this book. Throw it away. Unless… … you want to be heartbroken with every line you read, cause you are painfully aware of how it all ends … you want to be despondent wishing every page of this book is untrue and fictional … you want to be choked with every smile you come across, every spark Leggi tutto

Duele leer este libro, sobre todo su parte final. En mi opinión, dedica demasiadas páginas a los antecedentes del terrible accidente industrial de la fábrica de pesticidas de Bhopal y a historias anecdóticas que no aportan mucho al tema principal de la obra. No es que la narración de los acontecimie Leggi tutto

Hay veces que no tengo perdón de Dios. Este libro ha pasado muchas veces a lo largo de varios años por mis manos y nunca me dio por leerlo. Pero hace poco escuché un podcast sobre la catástrofe de Bhopal y entonces me picó la curiosidad y me ha encantado. De lo mejorcito que he leido en los últimos Leggi tutto

I had really high expectations from the book considering it is co-authored by one of the authors of 'Freedom at Midnight'. Sadly, despite having a very tragic human tale at its core, I was left unimpressed by the book. The weak character development gives reader a nagging feeling of incompleteness i Leggi tutto

It's a very simple to read book. It starts off building the story(though it's not fiction) and giving each character an identity. When reading books like these you need to feel what the characters must have experienced in a tragedy as big as this and the author is on point with that. The book progres Leggi tutto