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A review by danajoy
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
challenging
dark
sad
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
The beautiful, whimisical cover and cosy sounding name makes this novel appear to be a light choice. Based on those you'd likely be forgiven in believing that this was a warm, safe, story about a nursing home.
This is instead a deeply important but difficult and confronting story about survival, racism and violence. The content is highly confronting.
The Sri Lankan civil war is not a topic I was very aware of.
This story is brutal and important.
This is instead a deeply important but difficult and confronting story about survival, racism and violence. The content is highly confronting.
The Sri Lankan civil war is not a topic I was very aware of.
This story is brutal and important.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape