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bestknownfor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape
Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual violence
thedoozyreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol
zaliha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Classism
uss_mary_shelley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
amtgrg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.25
Graphic: Drug use and Excrement
luwalhati's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
However, while reading, I kept on trying to pull myself from the depth of the waves the themes of this book pulled me in. A little while and then, I'd try not to drown in the pervasive manner the events written in this book wrangled in my mind. If you're planning to read this, you do need a bit of strength to pull through the vivdly violent parts. Though, some parts were actually hard to read, and I wouldn't be quite sure if it was the writing style and plot starting to bore me, or if I simply just couldn't handle it.
She said: "Woman and man are words other people use, not me. Some days I'm neither, or nothing. On other days I feel I'm both.
She is a hijra, a genderqueer identity in India (from my understanding), a eunuch. When Dimple said that, I immediately felt as if I clicked with her. I sympathized with her character a lot throughout the book.
However, I simply wished her character was just written better. The way she's written is already spectacular, but there's this something that Thayil failed to write down and grasp. I don't know what it is either. Maybe I've liked her too much.
Anyways, this book is full of poetic devices, and the imagery was so colorful. Since the first page. It wasn't a read that I could stomach all too well, but it was a thriling one. I would love to re-read this, though.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Excrement, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail