shell’s Reviews > Shantaram > Status Update

this is the worst book i’ve ever read.

i quit

well i feel guilty for not liking it but i can’t help it either. i’m not sure ive read anything like this since i was 14. i unfortunately cannot find a shred of respect inside of me for this book

oh good god

one star is too much oh my god😭😭😭😭😭

this is getting very hard to tolerate. i may have overestimated its capacity.

i tried at first to be very open minded when reading the ebook version but i couldn’t get myself to continue after chapter 3 so now i’ve turned to the audiobook.
unfortunately or fortunately, this has done me and the book itself, a massive disservice.
how there is still so much left is beyond me. this contrived and pretentious piece of pseudo-intellectualism and “worldly experience.”

i tried my best to be open minded the first time around when i was reading the ebook and it was tolerable enough and i suppose there were some parts here and there that were amusing.
still, i could not get myself to continue after chapter 3 so now ive turned to the audiobook; this has done both me, and the book itself, a great disservice.
an exposition-laden, pseudo-intellectual, and pretentious piece.