A review by baielleebooks
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Great book; richly written dialogue (Saloni's shade is SECOND to none), deeply affecting in rendering Geeta's isolation and her charged journey to self-liberation, and informative in its framing of the intersection of caste and gender-politics in India, and its honouring of Phoolan Devi, the book's guiding motif.
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