A review by asiporaspoonful
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

3.0

3.5*. For the first third of the book, it took a bit of effort for me to stick with it because I found almost every one of the characters infuriating. By the last third, I was fully invested and thought the ending was *chef’s kiss*. With that said, the focus on how terrible women can be to other women, sheer pettiness, and really terrible domestic violence and cruelty at the hands of a few of the male characters made this book hard to stomach at times, and if it wasn’t for the humor running through continuously, I wouldn’t have made it. I was glad for the turnaround by the end in many of the female friendships/relationships, as that made it worth it for me.