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Had to force myself to finish

Revisado: 05-27-24

Took a chance on a novel idea but I wish I hadn’t. Other reviews said it was slow getting started so I stuck with it and kept hoping. About half way through there were new characters introduced and for a brief moment it seemed like it was going to pick up, but no. Painful.

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Read a lot; don’t review often

Revisado: 10-30-23

I have read so many fantasy series at this point they all seem to blur together. So refreshing to find one that is novel with charming and intelligent characters, a well thought out world and, while there is conflict, the violence is not gratuitous. Looking forward to the next one.

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F-bomb alert

Revisado: 06-05-21

Sorry I can’t give a full review as I didn’t make it past the first 20 minutes. I don’t mind colorful language if it is meaningful but dropping f-bombs once or twice in each sentence is not the way to convey fear or surprise. It seemed like it was intentionally done to shock the reader but that is just laziness on the part of the author and it’s unbearably annoying to listen to.

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Fabulous choice for a book club!

Revisado: 07-14-19

As an American married to a Kashmiri, this book is one of the best I’ve found in capturing the contrast between the outward generosity, warmth and hospitality of the Kashmiri people with the powerlessness and sadness that they all, collectively and individually, carry inside them. There is so much misunderstanding and misinformation about the situation in Kashmir it is difficult for outsiders to grasp and even more difficult for Kashmiris themselves to explain. I’ve had so many Kashmiris ask me, “Why does no one care about what we’re going through?” and part of my answer is that people just don’t know. This book is an inside view from an outsider’s perspective which does much to bridge the gap in understanding. It addresses not just what people don’t know but also why they don’t know it.
You hear the statistics on the news but you can’t really grasp the pervasive social impact of the conflict until you spend a night holding your sobbing sister-in-law who is terrified because her son didn’t come home that night or witnessed the random violence of a soldier swinging a stick from the back of a passing jeep and knocking your neighbor, an old man carrying buckets of milk home to his family, to the ground, or spend day after day playing at home with nieces and nephews because their school is closed. Again. After decades of this daily uncertainty, what kind of future are these kids going to have? Without education they will continue to be vulnerable to emotional, political manipulation.
Sorry for the soapbox but the book really inspired me and I hope it touches you as well.
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