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Nerine Dorman's Reviews > The Mall
The Mall (Downside, #1)
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What more can you ask from if you're looking for an off-the-wall romp that pokes fun at retail and residential hell, all in one? Two misfits, Rhoda and Daniel, form an unlikely partnership when they slip into the Other Mall that exists as an infernal mirror of Highgate Mall in Joburg.
While the author went on a limb creating two thoroughly unlikeable main characters, I found I was nonetheless cheering for them by the end of the story in all their glorious personal dysfunction. Although the tale is at times funny there is, however, a fair amount of social commentary going on.
At the end of the day, how far will you go to be accepted for who you really are? And, then again, who are you really? A product of your environment or someone who can move beyond others' preconceptions?
While the author went on a limb creating two thoroughly unlikeable main characters, I found I was nonetheless cheering for them by the end of the story in all their glorious personal dysfunction. Although the tale is at times funny there is, however, a fair amount of social commentary going on.
At the end of the day, how far will you go to be accepted for who you really are? And, then again, who are you really? A product of your environment or someone who can move beyond others' preconceptions?
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February 21, 2011
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February 21, 2011
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