A review by stellahadz
Honor by Thrity Umrigar

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

4.75

I only wish this book had been longer. As sad and brutally heart-wrenching as it was to read, I loved every minute I spent with this story. Everything about it was so powerful: the imagery, the premise of the story, the characters and their experiences, and the emotions that I felt while reading. My heart broke for Meena, Smita, and all of the other characters who experienced horrific violence and hatred, and it was all the more heartbreaking to understand that this has happened, and continues to happen, to real people. I've seen some criticism of the ending in other reviews, and I can see why some people found it overly cliché, and why some people were generally critical of the
romance
aspect, but I was just glad that *someone* got a happy ending. I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it, but only if you're prepared to feel every emotion from curiosity to disappointment, from anger to hope. 
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