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nehaanna's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Suicide, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Animal death
auudrey's review
challenging
emotional
informative
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? Yes
4.5
An examination of power and privilege, with betrayals of all kinds. How can you know yourself? What are we searching for in others? What good can come of telling a story? Of examining the stories we tell ourselves? This one stuck with me long after I put it down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Abandonment, and Classism
elliejhnsn's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
this book is a slow, devastating burn. but, it is a profound one that invites its intended audience into self-reflection. unlike the narrator, perhaps, it also invites the audience into a character development that doesn't involve an eat pray love quest.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Police brutality
taste_in_books's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Where no literary gymnastics were attempted...just good old storytelling👌 A poignant tale of family bonds, self discovery, forbidden relationships and discovering a new foreign way of life and feeling like you're home. Set partly in Bangalore and a Kashmir mountain village, Vijay writes a simple yet wholesome story that keeps you engaged till the very last page.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Death of parent
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