Pearse Cobb’s Reviews > Oleander Girl > Status Update

The book ended on a very somber, peaceful note. I was glad to finally be done with it, but sad that I had to, if that makes any sense. I like how the author was able to finally wrap up the book in a non - confusing way. I would love to see some sort of follow up to the book by the author, but I am afraid it would ruin the experience of the Oleander Girl in some ways. I may look into the work of this author later.

The book ended on a very somber, peaceful note. I was glad to finally be done with it, but sad that I had to, if that makes any sense. I like how the author was able to finally wrap up the book in a non - confusing way. I would love to see some sort of follow up to the book by the author, but I am afraid it would ruin the experience of the Oleander Girl in some ways. I may look into the work of this author later.

I think that the development of so many characters is one of the hardest things to do. So many people in this story change in one way or another, and it is hard to portray a lot of them in a story because of how confusing it can get for the reader. However, this book does a very good job of it, and I like the development of everyone of Korobi, to Rajat, to Pia, and so on and so on.

So far, almost exactly what I thought would happen, has happened. Korobi has not found her father, and will probably be going back to see her family and fiance. I am a little bit shocked however that Rajat did not ge back together with Sonia, as that is kind of where it seemed like he was leaning towards going. I think that it was good of him to stick with Korobi though, especially out of integrity.

America is filled with many different dangerous elements right now, especially for people like Korobi. 9/11 is one of the main causes of these dangerous elements, but there are other factors to take into account. For Korobi specifically, it is that she is a foreign person who is alone without that much money and can be taken advantage of. I also think danger is what will draw Korobi and Vic closer together.

I think that the story would go in a very interesting direction if Korobi ended up not finding her father, AND she broke off the engagement with Rajat. I also think that it would be more realistic to what would happen in real life, and that it would shock audiences with that outcome rather than the typical fairy tail ending.

Things are starting to get a little more confusing in the book. I am having a hard time keeping track of characters, and the main plot. It just seems like the author got very off-track with some of the plot. I don't know if I like the story as much, but it still seems to pick up in certain times. I hope the book will be able to get back on track to what I was liking in it.

Despite the situation is at hand for Korobi, I think she is handling their situations fairly well. Korobi is in a foreign country that she has never been in or experienced anything like that before, it's incredibly scary. But besides that, she is learning a lot about how to be assertive. Rajat however is not handling things as well. I think he is incredibly stressed by everything and that it is starting to get to him

The book is described partly to be about Korobi going through post 9/11 America. At first I thought that meant that she would be in America the entire time, and a small child, not an adult. It is good, yet saddening, to see the part of the book where she actually is in a post 9/11 America. I think it will help drive the plot a lot better, and make things are lot more interesting.

While I enjoy the book, I still find a large amount of the story is be incredibly basic and cliche. "Oh, her fathers actually alive!?!? OH MY GOD! I NEVER COULD HAVE SEEN THAT COMING!" was the sarcastic thought in my head after I had learned that Korobi's father death was made up to fool her. But I still enjoy the book, despite the cliches because of how interesting it is and how driven it has kept me to finish it.