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Em and the big Hoom – Review #4 for AamilTheCamel

January 18, 2014 by AamilTheCamel 3 Comments

Picture of the book Em and the Big Hoom
A little dark and a little bright. A little spark and a little blight.
Fourth book reviewed as part of the 130 Challenge

I absolutely loved this book! This might just be the best book that I read this year. Okay, maybe I’m getting a bit carried away and speaking too soon, but this book is just brilliant!

A reviewer on Goodreads reviewed this book thus – ‘Four-and-a-half (on five). I propped this book up on the water cooler because I did not want to stop reading it while filling my bottle. End of review.’

Now, I also propped this book against on my wash-basin while brushing my teeth and I too want to write a review like that; so clever and succinct. But she already beat me to it, so I am going to go the long way (hehehe).

This book is about Em, Imelda, The Big Hoom and Augustine. Now, Em and Imelda are technically the same person, but they aren’t the same person. Ditto with The Big Hoom and Augustine. Life changes us one day at a time and while it still remains wonderful, it definitely doesn’t remain the same. The life of the narrator in this book (whose name I forget), his sister Susan, their dad and mom has new surprises in store for them every day!

The story is narrated in a way that keeps you glued to it. It

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, 130 challenge, book review, em, em and the big hoom, Fiction, hoom, jerry pinto

Post by AamilTheCamel · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, 130 challenge, book review, em, em and the big hoom, Fiction, hoom, jerry pinto ·
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About AamilTheCamel

CBR 6

Engineer from India. Love history, historical fiction and speculative fiction. View AamilTheCamel's reviews»

Comments

  1. Jen K says

    January 18, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    I have never heard of this before but I’m intrigued. And the cover is amazing. The paperback is available for pre order on Amazon so it’s been added to my wishlist.

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    • AamilTheCamel says

      January 19, 2014 at 10:45 am

      Yes. This guy, Jerry Pinto, is a pretty underrated writer from India. It’s unfortunate that you have to wait till June to read this book. You could try the kindle version.

      Reply
  2. Jen K says

    January 19, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    I have such a huge backlog it makes your list of 130 look reasonable :p – it’s better if I wait till June.

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