A review by fidoe
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey
2.0
Week 42 Book 67
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey
Rating: 2/5
This is the second installment in the Perveen Mistry series. Perveen is the protagonist, a Parsi woman, Mumbai's first female lawyer, in 1920s. She is estranged from her husband and lives with parents and practices law with her Barrister father. She specialises in solving cases that include women in parda, who cannot communicate with men.
The first book, called Murder in Malabar hill was decent. But this second book is excruciatingly slow with a convoluted storyline.
Satapur Moonstone is about the royal family of Satapur, where the men in line for the throne keep mysteriously dying and the women are left with little kids to protect. The Kolhapur British agent is ruling the state in the interim and everyone is concerned for the safety of the family and the future of the kingdom. Enter Perveen Mistry who is asked to meet the queens, understand their situation, and recommend the best plan for the way forward.
On her trip to Satapur Perveen meets many people and has many new experiences and learns a lot about Indian and British politics. While the setting and description are great and the basic premise interesting, the slow pace of the book and the confusing storyline make it a frustrating read. I did not enjoy this and would recommend skipping it.
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The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey
Rating: 2/5
This is the second installment in the Perveen Mistry series. Perveen is the protagonist, a Parsi woman, Mumbai's first female lawyer, in 1920s. She is estranged from her husband and lives with parents and practices law with her Barrister father. She specialises in solving cases that include women in parda, who cannot communicate with men.
The first book, called Murder in Malabar hill was decent. But this second book is excruciatingly slow with a convoluted storyline.
Satapur Moonstone is about the royal family of Satapur, where the men in line for the throne keep mysteriously dying and the women are left with little kids to protect. The Kolhapur British agent is ruling the state in the interim and everyone is concerned for the safety of the family and the future of the kingdom. Enter Perveen Mistry who is asked to meet the queens, understand their situation, and recommend the best plan for the way forward.
On her trip to Satapur Perveen meets many people and has many new experiences and learns a lot about Indian and British politics. While the setting and description are great and the basic premise interesting, the slow pace of the book and the confusing storyline make it a frustrating read. I did not enjoy this and would recommend skipping it.
#satapurmoonstone #sujatamassey #historicalfiction #Bookreview #bookworminmumbai #bibliophile #indianfiction #womensliterature