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The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

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marciag's review against another edition

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adventurous informative fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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4.0

ModernMrsDarcy.com #MMD Flight Pick for April 2020 is The Widows of Malabar Hill — Since I have already read it I decided to read the second Perveen Mistry book, The Satapur Moonstone, instead. I love this character and am hoping that Massey writes more in this series.

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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3.0

Fine, but suffers a touch from second book syndrome. The preceding book really set the bar high by including a peek at a different culture, an intriguing mystery and a strong female protagonist through a very interesting story. This follow-up deals with many of the same themes and contains a vast amount of setup during the majority of the book before the mystery really kicks into gear during the last act. I liked learning so much about Perveen's history in the first book, yet there is sadly little insight like that here. Although I will probably pick up the next installment of this series, I know now to temper my expectations in advance.

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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2.0

Week 42 Book 67
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey
Rating: 2/5

This is the second installment in the Perveen Mistry series. Perveen is the protagonist, a Parsi woman, Mumbai's first female lawyer, in 1920s. She is estranged from her husband and lives with parents and practices law with her Barrister father. She specialises in solving cases that include women in parda, who cannot communicate with men.

The first book, called Murder in Malabar hill was decent. But this second book is excruciatingly slow with a convoluted storyline.

Satapur Moonstone is about the royal family of Satapur, where the men in line for the throne keep mysteriously dying and the women are left with little kids to protect. The Kolhapur British agent is ruling the state in the interim and everyone is concerned for the safety of the family and the future of the kingdom. Enter Perveen Mistry who is asked to meet the queens, understand their situation, and recommend the best plan for the way forward.

On her trip to Satapur Perveen meets many people and has many new experiences and learns a lot about Indian and British politics. While the setting and description are great and the basic premise interesting, the slow pace of the book and the confusing storyline make it a frustrating read. I did not enjoy this and would recommend skipping it.

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