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The book is engaging and a page turner for most part. I was really into it till it discussed the Lisbon floods. Once it moved past 1700s and reached the 1800s and the present modern era, it switches to a western centric narrative of global history. The birth of UN and other such organisations are clearly an indication of how the rest of the world was mere playground for the west.

Decent timepass, the story is, i feel.

I do not know why exactly am still continuing with this book even though I know it tries hard to be a masala entertainer, but in fact is quite predictable.

The characters are mostly cliched. Politician, industrialist, lobbyist, seductive powerful women etc.

High time. Long long overdue. I am so tired to reading English language books written by white people.

Of all the British Classic novels that I have been reading in the past few months, this is by far the easiest read. The language does not feel too classical.

It started off just like most classic British novel. But I am really beginning to enjoy it as the story progresses through the river and thick forests.

Picked up again after a short gap.

Its good but can get predictable and drags a long.

Too many spoilers all around me made me drop the other book i was reading and pick this up.

Boring and predictable

Finally started with this author.