Comments on: Sea of Poppies – Book Review

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:46:32 +0000

Erin: Sorry for my late response to your comment – I have enjoyed reading the reviews from your Reading Buddies on this book – and I love that most people have enjoyed the book

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:20:50 +0000

I love the comparison of the language to a musical score. I struggled with it, especially at first, but Ghosh’s word choices definitely gave the book a certain atmosphere. The quote of his you included interests me as well. I had meant to look up some of the history of opium…but I got carried away with the rest of what I had to say in my post and completely forgot!

I wonder how I would have felt about the ending had River of Smoke not even been a titled, soon-to-be-published work when I finished Sea of Poppies. I’m not sure I’d have liked the ending as much as I did if I didn’t know I could pick the story back up

Thanks for adding your review to the Reading Buddies post! I love seeing what others have said about the books we read, even if we’ve read them at different times.
Erin recently posted..Reading Buddies Wrap-Up: “Sea of Poppies” by Amitav Ghosh

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:38:39 +0000

Mimosas: I haven’t found any translations… I think some of the language in the book was invented by the author. Glad you also loved the book!

By: mimosas

mimosas — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:28:38 +0000

Can anyone tell me if there exists any published information to translate the indian vocabulary used in Sea of Poppies ? Loved the book and cannot wait for the second part.

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:18:33 +0000

Mel u: Thanks for the link love! I’ve added a link to your review to this post.

By: Mel u

Mel u — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:57:22 +0000

I just posted my review on this book-I cross linked it to your review-

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:44:05 +0000

Mel: So glad you found this work as wonderful as I did (this book made my top ten for 2009)…and like you, I am really interested to see what he will do in the second book (do you know anything about when that might be released!??!). Would love to read your complete review.

By: Mel u

Mel u — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:13:04 +0000

I just finished this book about 30 minutes ago-it is a very dense rich work with a lot in it-at first I was I admit annoyed by all the terminology from 19th century India then I came to really enjoy learning all these new terms-I have a feeling in part II we will be treated to some very surprising revelations-thanks for the very good review-I will post my review in a day or so

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:29:22 +0000

Michelle, All things Ghosh are now on my wishlist! I hope you love this book like I did…I can’t believe I somehow missed this author until now!

By: 3m

3m — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:59:39 +0000

I’m now finishing up A Hungry Tide by Ghosh and LOVE his writing style. I will definitely be reading this and hopefully the rest of the trilogy.