4.5/5
Written 20 August 2025
Adapted from my review on Goodreads.
Notes
- writing good. we jump forward and backwards in time with extraordinary ease
- not quite sure what the “point” is so far — it may come late, like The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- nice passages
- pp 76, first paragraph. blue Plymouth in the middle of a red Marxist parade
- pp 155. Ammu being cremated. god what a tragic set of pages
- death of Sophie Mol — incredibly quick. happens in just 1 page
- separation of Ammu, Rahel, and Estha — so devastating. hopes not realised
- writing voice conveys loss of innocence + innocence well
- Today I finished reading The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, and I remembered what it was like to be a child. : r/books — similar sentiment