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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Ministry of Utmost Happiness in Books

Jul 24, 2017

A spotlight on the dark side of modern India

After 20 years, Arundhati Roy has returned with a stunning novel looking at contemporary Indian society through the eyes of a Hijra, an 'untouchable' called Saddam Hussein and various colourful characters on the periphery living in an old Delhi graveyard. The language and descriptions are decadent, but the political and controversial social aspect is truly groundbreaking, especially the content covering Kashmir. It's a pleasurable, satirical, and mildly dark read

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race in Books

Jul 25, 2017

There's no justice, just us...

My reaction to this book was FINALLY someone is discussing the intersectionality between feminism, classism, and the British identity with race and racism. Absolutely current and relevant to society especially in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum. I read this in one go, nodding and shouting in agreement throughout. Reni Eddo-Lodge writes coherently and extremely succinctly to make the language accessible, and the anecdotes slightly terrifying. An absolute must-read and listen.

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graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Equal Rites: Discworld Novel 3 in Books

Feb 15, 2019

In today's society, it's refreshing to read about a girl who actually wants to make something of herself and break barriers along the way. So even though the book couldn't hold my attention for about the first seventy pages, once it hit that seventy-first page, the story zoomed along from there and I ended up thoroughly enjoying it. Granny Weatherwax was a force to behold, can't wait to meet up with her in the future.

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Mariafrancesca (30 KP) rated Speak No Evil: A Novel in Books

Mar 31, 2019

Speak No Evil: A Novel

Uzodinma Iweala | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry

10.0

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The last sentence gave me goosebumps

I loved this book so much that once I finished it I started it again.
This book is about guilt, the one that we deserve and the one that we inherit from a society and ideas that don’t belong to us. It’s about being selfish and being selfless, and how words or, more often, silence and prejudice can kill.
I can’t recommend this enough!

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Roxanne (13 KP) rated Eating Ice Cream on the Subway in Books

Nov 14, 2018

Only when I finished this short-story did I realise that I was holding my breath. It was one of those stories that made things hit home...how messed up society is. It was so effective that it changed my whole mood, I was disgusted. I highly recommend that people should read this, it's very short but very effective. I knocked one star off because it was so short, it had potential to be so much more.