A review by amandalorianxo
Honor by Thrity Umrigar

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-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

5.0

My heart 💔😭 When we fly to India with Smita, we originally think that she is helping out a colleague post an accident they had. Shannon, in a twist of events, actually asks Smita to take over writing an article she is doing on a Hindu woman who was burned by her brothers for marrying a Muslim man (who sadly perished in the fire.) Smita then is taken into a seemingly backwards small part of India, appalled at the treatment Mina & her daughter are receiving from the community. It takes us back to why Smita and her own family left India when she was a teen. Deeply profound, heartbreaking and a smidge of hope at the end, Honor is a book that will leave you aching. 
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