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Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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heatherinjapan's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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

3.75

pennymine's review

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4.0

This is the third book I have read by this author. I think I enjoyed the first two better, but this one was very good. It started slow for me, but had me almost in tears by the end. It is a story about a friendship between two girls growing up together in India. They learn about secrets, sacrifice and how to find happiness despite life not being what they thought it was.

midnight_lit_'s review

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4.0

Idk what it is about this book. Maybe the fact that I share my name with one of the protagonists. Maybe I can see how my life is similar to theirs at times. Maybe it's the prose.

Every time I reread this book, I've loved it and once I finish it, I feel sad knowing that book 2 utterly ruined this series. However, this book will always be close to me.

berniebisme's review

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emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

dr_manuela_reads's review

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5.0

Excellent! What a beautiful, well written story. I could not put it down. From the moment I started reading till the end, I was mesmerized!

livrad's review

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4.0

This is the story of two girls raised in the same house by their two widowed mothers and a spinster aunt, as if they were twin sisters. While the mothers are rivals for their positions in life and whose daughter is the smartest, prettiest, most obedient, can fetch the best husband, etc., the girls never let it touch their tight relationship. However, when both girls have found arranged matches, cracks begin to splinter across each of their lives and between them.

This story was woven so beautifully, taking us across India and to the United States and back. There was both a strong sense of place and character in this novel, with the added addition of beautiful prose. I fell in love with Divakaruni's writing in college and was glad to return to it with Sister of My Heart.