A review by gattolinos_nerdy_nook
Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu

challenging dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This is not the kind of book that I would usually pick up. I tend to find literary fiction underwhelming and meandering at the best of times. They tend to feel like they have no structure to me, and sadly this book is no exception. Now this doesn't mean that the book is bad by any means, it just means that this type of genre and story telling is not my cup of tea. I actually think if you enjoy literary fiction you will probably enjoy this book. I just didn't.

Though out this book I was waiting for something more engaging for me to happen. Characters came and then left so quickly that you don't have time to feel attached to them. This makes it hard later in the book to even care about the characters because they won't be relevant in two chapters time (an exaggeration of time but they did come and go quickly). I found that I had no real connection to the story as Kalki was not a very interesting character despite his circumstance.

So for this book I thought it was interesting at times, hence the 3 stars and that fact that I didn't DNF it, though by the end it does leave for more to be desired as the ending felt very unsatisfying to me. 
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