The Glass Palace

I have not enjoyed this saga as much as I might have wished. The subject is the present source of my interest, and with any novel that covers historical events, there was much to look up. I had no knowledge of the overthrow of the Burmese Royal family by British imperialism, and for all my WW2 reading over many years the Burma campaign is genuinely the area that I have never read about.

There was much to look forward to. Sadly, I found that I was losing myself many times and having to reread. I don't expect stories like this to hurry along, but the characters seemed far too lifeless, and the events described shallow. All in all, this became a chore at times. The writing about such events as Indian nationalism that played such a big role in the latter part of the story lacked any kind of flair to keep me glued to the pages. The three generation family story was just a little too melodramatic at times and with that The Glass Palace became too long. I suppose it would make a fine miniseries for those that like that type of thing. Just not for me.