Way too much summary
While the story of how "Andele" was captured and grew up experiencing the unfamiliar Indian life is interesting and somewhat intriguing, the way it is told has too much summary. There is very little dialouge in the chapters so you really do not feel for any of the characters in the story or anything that happens to them. While it is mostly Andele's story, the book sidetracks to talk about other people's lives, so it distracts from the main storyline. It is a quick read which is nice, but is not a typical novel. I can only recommend it to the younger crowd, since it reads like a fictional storytelling.