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Eric Naiman _aked_anvas_ats — this was another really good dark twisted book by holly black

Nuna Kim nunakim — When I read a review of the movie made from this book, I thought it was one I might want to see sometime. Last spring when my exchange student, Tolkounai, wanted to rent a movie to watch, and urged me to pick out one, too, I chose Slumdog Millionaire. Tolkounai started watching it with me, but lost interest, and since I was having difficulty following the plot line while talking to her, I didn't finish it. Then this summer, I was discussing audio books with a friend, and she really encouraged me to listen to Slumdog Millionaire because she thought the reader did an outstanding job and she loved the story. She was sure that if I listened to it, the plot would be clear. She was correct. The story is about Jamal Malik, an 18 year old orphan from the slumbs of Mumbai. The story opens with Jamal participating in a quiz show, India's version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, in which he has successfully worked himself up to the last question. The owners of the show cannot believe than an unschooled slum child could possibly know the answers and have him arrested where he is tortured to find out how he has done it. Suddenly, from nowhere, a young woman appears claiming to be his lawyer, and when she is able to remove him from the torture area and gain access to a private space, tells him that if he was not cheating, and can explain to her how he was able to do it, she will be able to help him. So....he tells his story, flashing back to events in his life which amazingly happen to mesh with the questions. The events are taken in the order of the questions rather than than in the sequence of his life (part of my confusion as I watched the movie.) Sharp, with a photographical mind, a memory for details, and and uncanny ability to get himself in an out of a broad number of situations, Jamal does know the answers to the questions.. As the stories unfold, readers also learn that even though he could not have expected that he would be able to answer the quiz questions, and, indeed he did not know the answers to many common knowledge questions, we learn that Jamal actively pursued being on the quiz show! The reason why is an amazing piece to the puzzle and has nothing to do with wanting to answer questions or earn money! Even the presence of his lawyer shakes out in the telling. How Jamal uses his earnings after he answers the final question makes an interesting end to the story and a perceptive commentary on human nature. While the likelihood of these events actually happening are pretty unbelievable, the way the author fitted all the pieces together in an entertaining way, while giving what I think is a pretty realistic picture of slum life in India is amazing. I'm glad I had that conversation with my friend!

Antonio F antonioftorres — So good. And so sad I had to hide the book like I used to do with scary novels for fear it would somehow spill over into reality. Having read The Egyptologist, I am also awed by Phillip's ability to write so well in such different genres.