I picked up The Hundred Foot Journey because I liked the cover, I liked the title, and I like food lit. I was ambivalent about it because of the little blurbs on the front – they sounded a little too good to be true. And I was also a little nervous because the book is about a guy from India who becomes a great French chef. Hmmm
It started well, which is good – because books about Indian families sometimes don’t start off well and that can really ruin the rest of the book for me. I got a little nervous when the family moved to London. That little section (thankfully it was a very short section) could have blown the whole story. But once the family moved to France, we were moving along nicely again. The only problem I have with the book is the end. I feel like the best pieces of the book were the sections when the family gets their start in India and then flees – and then again when they move from London to France. That’s where the best storytelling was. It’s where you got a really good look at the characters. I’d like a rewrite on the other two sections…