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A review by gretel7
The Elephant Keeper's Daughter by Julia Drosten
3.0
I received this from netgalley.com in exchange for a review.
Set in 1800's Sri Lanka, the story follows Phera. To ensure the family line, her parents raise her to believe she is a boy until she is 12. Then the British invade and destroy their way of life so she no longer needs to be a boy.
Some of the conversational language was rather sophomoric and stilted. And I never understood why Charles was so purely evil. His hatred made no sense. Was the character made a villian just to have a really evil villian in the story? His brother Henry was completely the opposite and reminisces about their pleasant childhood. Ying and Yang? Good and bad?
There was some pretty graphic scenes of rape and torture. Appropriate for ages 15 and above.
3☆
Set in 1800's Sri Lanka, the story follows Phera. To ensure the family line, her parents raise her to believe she is a boy until she is 12. Then the British invade and destroy their way of life so she no longer needs to be a boy.
Some of the conversational language was rather sophomoric and stilted. And I never understood why Charles was so purely evil. His hatred made no sense. Was the character made a villian just to have a really evil villian in the story? His brother Henry was completely the opposite and reminisces about their pleasant childhood. Ying and Yang? Good and bad?
There was some pretty graphic scenes of rape and torture. Appropriate for ages 15 and above.
3☆