The Accidental Apprentice (Paperback)

from Clara53

A disappointment. After two great books, Vikas Swarup went rather rudimentary in this novel. It's moderately engaging, but so basic, as if written by a novice and not the author of "Q & A / Slumdog Millionaire" and "Six Suspects". I am baffled.

from PiyushC

And quite accidentally did I read a book from the Slumdog Millionaire famed Vikas Swarup. I am always skeptic picking up a book by any Indian author or about India in general; the former for the fear of being badly written (I know that sounds kind of racist, but in my experience that often turns ...

from julia.flyte

Sapna is an ordinary girl working at an electronics store in New Delhi. When visiting the temple one day, she meets a billionaire industrialist who tells her that he would like to make her the CEO of his company, but that if she agrees she first needs to pass seven "tests" of character. Sapna is ...

from Cariola

I am a big fan of Vikas Swarup's Q & A, the book upon which the movie Slumdog Millionaire is very loosely based; in fact, I will be teaching it again this fall in a gen ed lit course. So, naturally, I was eager to read his latest novel. Sadly, it did not live up to his first. Like [Q & A], Swarup...

from johnwbeha

I agree with the reviewers who found this book disappointing. I really enjoyed Q & A and rushed to buy this as soon as I noticed it. But I not just disappointed, I am very annoyed. Because I always finish a book I have started, I finished this. From the off it was silly and it just got worse and ...