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Die sieben Monde des Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

195 reviews

chrisiant's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It took me several false starts, but once I was in I was hooked. Vivid sensory descriptions of Sri Lanka  and all its ghosts, and lots of intrigue, corruption, suffering and striving for redemption. It’s a wild ride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Suicide, and Violence

molliekneath's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, War, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Torture

sydneyrose18's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Drug use, Genocide, Murder, Grief, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, and Colonisation

bluedijon's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.75

Goodness, I loved this book. Maali is such a compelling, complex character, and it was bittersweet joy to follow him through his journey. This book is explicit in its descriptions of the Sri Lankan civil war, and uses the long tradition of magical realism to make sense of the horrors inflicted by people on their neighbors and themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Gun violence, War, Blood, Homophobia, Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Classism, Murder, Death, and Genocide

remib's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, and Homophobia

my_a's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed reading this. Beautiful writing and unique. It got me out of a big reading slump. 
-.5 as I often found bits hard to follow and I often had to re-read sections and trace names back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia and Torture

natyourusual_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It’s starts off really slow, but as more moons pass the story truly goes somewhere else. I enjoyed the commentary it made about life and violence and self. If you hate the first two moons, just know it gets better in the second half. Check the trigger warnings before you read!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Homophobia, Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Minor: Colonisation and Confinement

clare072's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Child death, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Violence, Classism, Genocide, Car accident, Police brutality, Racism, Suicide, Torture, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Colonisation and Animal death

bookswithlydscl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved this book, not quite a five due to some repetitive scenes, but other than that I found this to be an absorbing, unique, sad, humourous and unsettling read.
It crosses multiple genres - part mystery, magical realism, satire, dystopia, as well as historical and literary fiction. It won't work for everyone but it worked for me, especially the audiobook which is wonderfully narrated by Shivantha Wijesinha.
CW for genocide and murder and mutilation for the historical events that took place in Sri Lanka in the 1980s and early 1990s, and those elements make for truly tough reading. The satire and humour sprinkled throughout help cushion the impact of these scenes a little and the wonderfully human elements, even in the spiritual realm, keep you wanting to read on as you grow attached to these flawed, lovable, infuriating characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Homophobia

heatherjchin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Trafficking, War, Death of parent, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship