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Sideways On A Scooter: Life And Love In India (2011)

by Miranda Kennedy(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1400067863 (ISBN13: 9781400067862)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Random House

review 1: Very interesting, a good look into the lives of several different women living in India. I did like it, although the author was slightly intolerable, especially how violent she was for no reason. Wanting to hit someone for not carrying her fast enough, slapping a beggar, those are some examples of things that made me almost stop reading this book. One thing that was confusing was how the author went back and forth through talking about one day with one person to another day with a different person, without smooth transitions. Really, there were no transitions. I had to reread a few things until I became more familiar with the main character's names.
review 2: For the most part I'd say I enjoyed this book. I wouldn't really consider this a travel/tourist memoir,... more rather an inside look at the lives of a group of women living in Delhi, India. It differs from a typical travel memoir because it is written not over the course of a vacation lasting a few weeks, but over a period of several years of immersive culture on the author's part.The travel bug in me wishes that there had been more description of the visuals of India and its landmarks and whatnot, the things I would experience had I actually been there. Instead, the book is very streamlined to focus only on the lives of, and mostly relationships of the same group of women. I do like that the women all came from different circumstances (different castes, religions, family situations, etc.) It provided for a wide look at how the circumstances of one's birth can outline the course of their entire lives. Also I liked that because the author lived there, and got to know these women for several years, we got to see how their situations progressed over a period of time.I do have to say, about two thirds of the way through, I started to lose a little bit of interest. Through the last couple chapters I'd done a bit of skimming. Though the women and their stories were quite compelling, I was looking for more than just the one aspect of love/marriage. I would have like to have read more about the culture beyond that. less

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