A review by raeleechoins
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

5.0

Oof. I’m sitting in my car weeping as I’m writing this review, knowing my words will fail, but trying my best. This book is not for the faint of heart, nor the hardened of heart. It is the story of a community in an Indian slum, of the resilience and innocence of children. This book broke me in a way I never want to heal from. When I was about halfway through the book, I started selling it as, ‘9 year old Harry, Ron, and Hermione living in an Indian slum trying to solve the kidnapping of their classmates.’ But this is so so much more than that. In here are deep issues and tragedies told from the perspective of a nine year old Indian boy who watches too many police shows. In here are elements of community that fly way over the heads of those who have never experienced community. I could go on, but I want to go inside.