Reviews for Many Inventions

The average rating for Many Inventions based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-04-25 00:00:00 Julie M. Lebar This is a good read once it picks up, which it really doesn't until half way through the book. This is a paralell book with alternating chapters toggling between the past and the present. A story about a young woman named Latha in the country of Sri Lanka. The past chapters are titled "Biso", who we find out almost half way through the book is the present "Latha's" mother. It's the story of how Latha came to be in her present situation, a house servant begining at the age of five. The book is titled "A Disobedient Girl" but by the end of the book having received the full weight of the story I feel sad for Latha, her family and her rag tag invented family by the end of the book. She was only disobedient to the people who felt they needed to have control over her being that they had no control over themselves. Latha, and all the characters in this book come to think of it, are examples of victims of their environmental circumstance. I found this book had a great degree of relatable sadness. The feelings one sometimes reads to escape the reader is forced to face. I believe the author does a great job at causing the reader to get emotionally involved and feel vs observe the content from a distance. Besides the fact that it started very slow (the reader almost unclear about a lot of things until the middle of the book)this is a good book with lots of topics for discussion.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-03-17 00:00:00 Allison Edmund Freeman's imagery is breathtaking; I fell in love with this book two minutes in. Her narrative and characters are compelling and dynamic. Universal themes and heartbreaking commentary on life as a woman are brought to life in every scene. I adored every minute and strongly recommend the audio book narrated by Anne Flosnik.