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More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Six Suspects. While I enjoyed Six Suspects especially the characters of Eketi and Munna , the American character, Larry Page, did not ring true at all, primarily because of his speech. Attempts to make him an ordinary, "aw-shucks" Texas hick were admirable, but his "butter my butt and call me a biscuit" style got very old after awhile, and he really was just unbelievably stupid.

I've met my share of stupid, uneducated people, but this was just too much, and for the only time in the book, I just really wanted While I enjoyed Six Suspects especially the characters of Eketi and Munna , the American character, Larry Page, did not ring true at all, primarily because of his speech.

I've met my share of stupid, uneducated people, but this was just too much, and for the only time in the book, I just really wanted his "Mail-Order Bride" section to end as quickly as possible. His appearance seemed so random, and I'm still not really sure what he was doing there.

Unfortunately, this uneducated, insanely stupid American uses very distinctively British English terms mixed in with crazy "down South" similes and metaphors, which made him even more unbelievable. I suspect Mr. Swarup's editor is a native British-English speaker who might not have noticed the following: 1. Page refers to the flight attendant on his first-ever plane trip as an "air hostess"; 2. He talks about the "queue" at passport control; 3. He refers to the restroom as the "WC"; 4.

He calls a sidewalk a "pavement"; 5. Says that someone is "in hospital"; 7. Gives the dates in the wrong order in his speech says "31 October instead of "October 31st" ; 8. Refers to a two-week period as a "fortnight". I realize some of these things creep into American speech from time to time, but an uneducated, completely stupid person who seems to have never been out of Texas and apparently doesn't even know what the Constitution is? Highly doubtful. The rest of the book was great, though.

Highly satisfying and I really wish Goodreads would let us give half-star ratings - I'd give it a 3. View all 13 comments. Aug 22, Kater Cheek rated it it was ok. There are a certain class of books in which nothing really happens for three hundred pages, but the reader enjoys the read because the characters are so friendly, the setting so cozy, and the writing so easy.

This novel is the exact opposite. Everything happens, but the journey jars, the characters fail to charm, and occasional lapses in writing make the plot alone carry the reader along. I found myself skimming, irritated with the prose, but wanting to find out what happens next.

And when I say There are a certain class of books in which nothing really happens for three hundred pages, but the reader enjoys the read because the characters are so friendly, the setting so cozy, and the writing so easy. Poor girls get mistaken for rich Bollywood stars, slum-dwellers become instantly rich and then lose it all. People fall in love with the relatives of people who killed their own relatives. Swarup inserts any connection between two people, no matter how contrived or far-fetched, which will set up the plot.

It's as melodramatic as any opera. Never have villains been so villainous, nor girl-victims been quite so piteous. While I enjoy foreign settings, and am fond of India especially, Swarup's one American character was so ridiculously stereotyped and stupid, and annoying, peppering his every sentence with aphorisms and simlies until I ground my teeth in irritation that it made me doubt his other characters were any more realistically drawn.

I don't know enough about India to know if the other five main characters are also caricatures, but I suspect that they are. The author this novel reminded me most of was Carl Hiassen. Hiassen also has over-the-top plots, each twist more ridiculous than the past, but Hiassen seems plausible compared to Swarup's tale.

Any one single aspect of this book's plot could provide the core of a movie poor boy finds briefcase full of cash, native comes to the big city to find a lost treasure, man must avenge his brother's death in order to marry his widowed sister-in-law but in SIX SUSPECTS the plots are heaped one on top of the other. I could have dealt with the over-the-top melodrama more if the novel didn't take itself so seriously.

I would have preferred, having spent pages with cardboard characters, if they had over-the-top sappy happy endings to go with their oversized plots. I could also have done without the chapter which consisted almost entirely of a phone conversation.

Since all the characters speak in the first person, and there are so many people to keep straight, it took me a while at the beginning of each chapter to figure out which one was speaking. I strongly suspect that I am not the ideal reader for this, that it has, in fact, been written for Indians rather than Americans the cringe-worthy "Larry Page" character is my main proof but it hit an uncomfortable middle. I found it too political and gruesome to be a comedy, but too ridiculously contrived to be taken seriously.

View 1 comment. Sep 05, K. Charles added it Shelves: contemporary , detective , indian. This is my pb edition, the Goodreads blurb has been altered as well you might hope. Other than that. Nice idea, patchy execution. The "India shown in a series of different lives of characters who turn out to intersect" thing isn't super original but there's plenty of space for good treatment of it. This wasn't really. In part because the stories all seemed to be from different books.

There's a magical realist satire of a guy possessed by Gandhi, a gritty gangster type tale, a tragedy of dispossessed and discarded underclass, a Bollywood actress in a Bollywood plot, and a spectacularly poor effort at a caricature of the American Abroad.

It didn't add up. It didn't really work for me as satire or as realism because I found the tone too uneven--I'm here for tragicomedy but I think once it's caricature you do lose the emotional weight. Shelves: international-flavour , fiction , mystery. The Plot: Vicky Rai is the playboy son of a corrupt Indian bureaucrat - he's also newly acquitted from a murder he was clearly guilty for, a verdict that has the entire country of India up in arms.

When Vicky throws a party to celebrate his freedom, he's subsequently murdered - and a motley crue of 6 suspects are taken into custody for possessing guns. A deeply dedicated investigative journalist concedes he will do what it takes to uncover the murderer of Vicky - not because Vicky himself is particularly important or deserving within the story and to the reader but because Vicky Rai represents all that is wrong within the Indian justice system.

From there, Swarup divides each section of his book background, motives, evidence, aftermath into six stories written in six unique styles surrounding the six suspects. The stories are as diverse as following a tribal man on a spirit quest to a Bollywood sex symbol to a backwoods American seeking his mail order bride, while the styles range from diary entries to omniscient third-person to written almost entirely in dialogue.

Its main strength lies in the focus on the murder suspects over the crime and victim, which are really incidental in the exploration of how someone can be driven to murder or is really just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Indeed, as the book lays out in its first few pages and resolves in its conclusion, the story is never really about Vicky Rai so much as India as a whole and the corruption that runs rampant in all systems that exist there.

It was also fun to get into these six different stories - some were more successful than others - and I learned to appreciate them all at one point or another. Knowing that they'd end up Vicky's party as murder suspects, you spent a lot of each story being like "How is this ever going to happen? I think some people might be turned off by some of the style variations in the book, but I felt it was fascinating to see the challenge laid before Swarup - this is an ambitious book and I felt like it mostly succeeded.

The book often reminded me of the film Babel in its circular nature, and provided plenty of "Ah-ha! I suppose others might be overwhelmed by the integration of Indian culture in this book - if you've never read a book set in India I can definitely see this story as more challenging to grasp A lot. The Bottom Line: A fun book on many levels - writing style, character development, guessing games - that ends with a surprisingly poignant message. Anything Memorable: Nope.

Sep 30, Anissa rated it it was ok Recommends it for: skip this one entirely. Shelves: contemporary-fiction , , cultural. You know you're in trouble when the murder mystery couldn't save it.

The summary drew me in but sadly this did not ultimately deliver. There's a murder and six suspects who had motive and opportunity so the fun is in the teasing out the threads and following the leads to figure out whodunnit. I feel that the story lost its way at the suspects pov level and everything that sprang from that was tainted. To be fair, I did enjoy a few of the suspects' narration but cannot forgive the thoroughly unbe You know you're in trouble when the murder mystery couldn't save it.

To be fair, I did enjoy a few of the suspects' narration but cannot forgive the thoroughly unbelievable mess that was the sole American. Even if everything else had been perfect, he was so glaringly off, his existence would have thrown me out of the story and cost this a couple of stars. As it happens, he wasn't the only problem and by the time I'd arrived at the end which was both preachy and a let down , I didn't feel like I'd read the book I was told this was.

At least it was over. I love books that can take me to a place and through a wide cast of characters either closely or tenuously connected to one another, provide an immersive, cohesive and satisfying story.

Read that. Skip this. Six suspects Vikas Swarup set in a funky contemporary India it's a murder mystery kind of built around seemingly random events. It has characters that are weird and over the top, self absorbed, pretentious, ignorant, mixedup, scheming liars, your just normal balanced citizens. So they have a chapter each and they are the movie star, cowboy, politician, thief, guru, bum Oh wel Six suspects Vikas Swarup set in a funky contemporary India it's a murder mystery kind of built around seemingly random events.

Oh well they all like moths to light end up at the same extravagant party of the victim a very wealthy dangerous murderer. Our six suspects all have motive they all have guns and all seriously are the would be culprits this was absorbing a lot of fun working it all out. The giggle factor is very high in this. An alluded to statement of society well maybe. Portrays Indian society some of its nitty gritty ins and out of Indian street life weirdly enjoyable Oh Dear Gods, why did I finish this book?

My biggest problem with Vikas Swarup's first book was that the characters were underdeveloped and it felt like I was reading the novel adaptation of Slumdog Millionaire rather than the book that spawned the movie. My problem with this book was almost the exact opposite. The characters were over developed, but not in a good way.

The description of them felt repetitive. The entire first section of the novel was completely unnecessary to any of the story line Oh Dear Gods, why did I finish this book? The entire first section of the novel was completely unnecessary to any of the story lines.

Damn, Vikas, find yourself a better bloody editor. I cared about exactly zero of these character. I cared exactly zero percent who killed the politician's son. It was bad, and it never fucking ended. View 2 comments. Vivek 'Vicky' Rai is a crook, a businessman and the son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh - he is labelled the "poster boy for sleaze" by journalist Arun Advani and his crimes range from fraud to murder.

When Rai is aquitted on a high profile murder charge, he decides to have a big party to celebrate. During the evening he is murdered and there are a whole host of people who would have been happy to see him dead. Six suspects are arrested who have all come to the party with a gun and this cl Vivek 'Vicky' Rai is a crook, a businessman and the son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh - he is labelled the "poster boy for sleaze" by journalist Arun Advani and his crimes range from fraud to murder.

Six suspects are arrested who have all come to the party with a gun and this clever and entertaining novel interweaves their stories, their motives and the evidence against them.

The characters include a bureaucrat whose body is invaded by a spirit, a Bollywood actress, a member of an ancient tribe attempting to locate a sacred object stolen from them, a mobile phone thief, a politician, and a hapless American. Although this novel has much that will make you think and feel, it is also extremely funny. Larry Page, the American who arrives in India hoping for a mail order bride and is then kidnapped by some terrorists only slightly less useless than he is, brings humour to situations that you feel few other authors have been brave enough to tackle.

All have their reasons for wanting the unlikeable Vicky Rai dead - but who pulled the trigger? I have to say, the story is in the journey and this is a very entertaining and thought provoking read.

No words can really explain how much I adore the writing of Vikas Swarup. He is undoubtedly one of my top favorite authors and truly a master of words. There is no question that this is a fantastic story and a superb work of prose, as well as a gripping whodunnit. My favorite aspect of this book is really in the narrative and the way that Swarup shows off his prowess in writing.

So many unique characters, strange points of view, and personal interests converge in this tale to write an altogether No words can really explain how much I adore the writing of Vikas Swarup.

So many unique characters, strange points of view, and personal interests converge in this tale to write an altogether captivating modern Indian drama. I really did not like his character, and his knack for idioms and similies got to be a bit infuriating after a while. I get the idea for this persona and what Swarup was going for, but Larry really came off as more a caricature than a character.

Or books, in general. It's a great read! Popsugar Reading Challenge A book about or involving a heist Nov 01, Manu rated it really liked it Shelves: review. Six Suspects worked essentially as a superb suspense thriller for me, but it is also a commentary on everything that happens in India - from militancy and racism to reality TV and call centres.

Through six of the most stereotyped characters that you could ever find okay, five , the author manages not only to create a gripping tale that shakes up the mix every time you think you have cracked the mystery in your head, but also manages to share a perspective on many of the things that makes news and even the probable behind-the-scenes machinations.

All delivered not in a preachy tone that one would expect when such topics are involved, but the most amazing wit and sense of humour I have read in recent times. Right from the time the author shares a brief history of Vicky Rai, the 'victim', and in three paragraphs narrates the deeds that brought India's sense of justice into the spotlight, I was hooked.

He then proceeds to set up the suspects - the bureaucrat who is yet to get over his loss of power, the actress who tries hard to maintain her image and reputation and not mention Nietzsche in conversations, the tribal who seemed to be the only non-stereotype and displays a sense of deep rooted compassion and understanding that humanity seems to have lost, the mobile thief who lives out the Bollywood cliche, the politician who will go to any lengths for power, and the American, whose tale - right from his name, Larry Page - is such a bizarre laugh riot that it deserves a sequel!

The story lines develop independently, but with clear connections that add to the intrigue. The politician's spiritual advisor, the actress' man Friday, the underworld's ransom kidnaps, the honest cop, the Bhopal gas tragedy and its victims, Pakistani militants, naked sadhus in Prayag, and even the Indian American university grad, all cliches that add volumes to the narrative.

But the real craft and genius is in how the stories and backstories are connected, and all the details are tallied. After all of this, the author takes us through the night itself and just as I thought that the climax itself was an anti, it turned out to be the setup for a riveting series of events that provides a deserving end to a fantastically written work of fiction.

Must read. Jul 26, Mikko Peralta rated it really liked it. Six suspects were detained and were brought to the authorities after having the scene of the crime fenced and the guests frisked. The suspects range from the most ordinary to the very popular and influential — all of whom has stories to tell and all of whom has enough motives to kill Vicky Rai.

It was extraordinary in a way that the writer himself has drawn a picture of a real India, or should I say a real modern world — where one tricks another and where each and every individual runs around with one trick or another, ready to pounce on the innocent and the vulnerable; as shown in a society where most law breakers get to be law makers.

It was well written; with my expectations of a known writer who have concocted a tale loved by Oscars, met. Most of the characters had been described into great detail they seem to have lived or are living somewhere.

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