The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: A Novel

Beautifully written and narrated. The story transported me. I wanted it to go on forever.

I saw the movie recently and looked forward to reading/hearing the book, because I almost always like the book better! Well, in this case, the screenwriters did a great job of streamlining the plot and condensing the cast of characters.
This book is a little strange. It's target audience, I think, may be a bit put off by the predominance of rather coarse sexuality. Younger people may not enjoy the yuck factor of senior soft porn. There are so many characters that you find yourself unable to relate to all of them.
Juliet Mills does a fine job, but see the movie instead!

The writer started off with a great idea but it never really came together. The stories interconnected in a rather absurd way and there was not very good character development. I think that although it was a cute story and not a terrible way to spend credits and time, it missed the boat! It seemed like it was a first novel to me, very amateurish.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a good laugh especially anyone close to retirement age. Juliet Mills was terrific.

I can't think of any. This was unique.

I loved how she did all the different voices. She did an excellent job on her Indian accents.

I so enjoyed the book that I wanted to see the movie. That was a big mistake. What a huge disappointment. The only thing similar was India and a few elderly people move to India! Don't watch the movie. It will ruin any wonderful memories of this story. The only good thing in the movie was watching Judi Densch. She is one of my favourite actors. This book was very entertaining.

I usually enjoy a book so much more than a movie, so when I saw the movie I was determined to read the book. The stories are completely different. This story did not engage my interest. I was not put off by anything, I simply didn't care what happened to the characters. I was enchanted by the movie and will buy it for my collection.

Juliet Mills does a very good job reading this entertaining story. The book itself is pretty light weight, enjoyable but no real deep meanings or revelations.

A very dark, cynical, sad, and erotic piece of writing. The characters are weak, the story lines thin, and the narrative predictible. To support the sagging book, sex is used indiscrimately and becomes offensive. Any dignity of life in old age is stripped away. Every relationship fails. All people of faith become disillusioned. Not recommended on any level.

Overall it was pretty good but this is one of those rare instances where I actually liked the movie better than the book. For those, like me, who liked the movie so much they want to read the book it might be disappointing.

This book should not be sold as the Marigold Hotel. It should still be named These Foolish Things. I liked the story line of the movie much more than the book. I am not just referring to the visuals and the sounds,The characters are similar, but they are also so different from book to movie. Enjoy the book for what it is, Just do not expect it to follow the movie.

Listened to the whole book, and was unable to make sense of it. It seemed to me to be just a random telling of stories, without connection. Narration however, was very nice.