All That Glitters vs The God of Small Things: Which Should You Read?

All That Glitters V. C. Andrews · 1995 ★★★★☆ 4.0 344 pages · ≈ 6 h 22 m · Moderate

“In the early evening just after the sun has slipped below the tops of the cypress trees in the western bayou, I sit in Grandmere Catherine’s old oak rocker with Pearl in my arms and hum an old Cajun melody, one that Grandmere Catherine used to hum to me when she put me to sleep, even when I was already a little girl with pigtails bouncing over my shoulders as I ran across the fields from the banks”

Driven from the Dumas mansion back to her beloved bayou, Ruby's only hope is that fate will let her begin anew.... Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her precious…

The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy · 1997 ★★★★☆ 4.0 347 pages · ≈ 6 h 26 m · Moderate

The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be…