the moment i read “for every brown girl who wanted to be the chosen one too� i knew instantly that this book was for me. it’s so rich and vivid with tthe moment i read “for every brown girl who wanted to be the chosen one too� i knew instantly that this book was for me. it’s so rich and vivid with the world it has constructed and frankly has inspired me as well. i adore the characters too and i love how thought out this world is. ...more
**spoiler alert** i DNF’d this at 20 percent. i really wanted to read it but the writing style was just not for me. it was overly bloated with adjecti**spoiler alert** i DNF’d this at 20 percent. i really wanted to read it but the writing style was just not for me. it was overly bloated with adjectives and was not my style. and the FMC is kind of annoying. it was 20 percent of the book and yet it feels like it was dragging on. the book was sold as “fast paced� but honestly it just felt like we spent like 6 chapters after her first job doing fuck all. and the world building was not very well explained. i wanted to like it, i really did but it was not my thing....more
DNF at 24 % writing style was unnecessarily difficult to follow.
the one sentence that did it for me was “Damien twisted his lips� like what the fuck DNF at 24 % writing style was unnecessarily difficult to follow.
the one sentence that did it for me was “Damien twisted his lips� like what the fuck does that even mean? You could say he smiled or he smirked or frowned or SOMETHJNG but honestly the writing style just was horrible.
The banter was ok.
Also maybe it’s just a cultural thing but for me Amma means mother and it just felt a little bit weird to use that as a FMC name.
**spoiler alert** i was more engrossed with the writing of 1990s Madurai. and i felt more engrossed with Janani’s story. i was rooting for her and i c**spoiler alert** i was more engrossed with the writing of 1990s Madurai. and i felt more engrossed with Janani’s story. i was rooting for her and i cried a lot at her trials and tribulations. i was just so nervous about Lavanika because she wasn’t there in 2019. i was scared that darshan and vandhana had killed her and that just felt cruel to me. it felt so cruel to take three daughters away from Janani. also i hated darshan and vandhana, as we were supposed to. i did not feel pity for vandhana even after priya ammayi mentioned that vandhana was burned with oil stains, clearly by her own MIL. but seeing the betrayal of her parents was also heartbreaking. and i was rooting for Janani all throughout. i only wish a little bit that we had got to see their migration to Australia as other reviewers had mentioned but i also don’t think we needed to. the stories of the other women Janani was close to was so important and im glad we got to see them and im so glad that Janani got out.
however, Nila’s story was very frustrating to get through. i felt like it lacked weighty emotional substance, just constantly “i don’t know who i am because my mom won’t tell me� and it just felt overdone. some of the lines also felt overdone and i felt like the whole “im gay and this is who i love� storyline could have been done better. there is more that could have been said about that. but instead it felt quite repetitive.
overall, it tugged at my heartstrings and i’m glad to have read it. 4 stars. ...more
Loading...