Reviews

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

westiemama's review against another edition

funny informative tense medium-paced

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

3.25

lycaenide's review against another edition

I wanted to love this so bad, it was beautifully written and the audio wonderfully narrated. But this was just too contemporary/lit fic/drama for this genre reader, which is not a fault of the book at all. 

mimiecookie's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

isa_araujo's review

dark funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

hlee1534's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, and Grief

vvonbiel's review against another edition

4.0

Loved this book. A funny, frightening novel that deals with the lives of a group of women in an Indian village.

carysn's review against another edition

funny

4.25

hqvenfield's review against another edition

4.5

“Her smile was not malicious, it was almost sweet, but with her bruised face and the jaundiced light, Farah looked contradictory, a zygote on the precipice of monsterhood” 

“Was sanity, like beauty, in the eyes of the beholder?” 

“The amount of bullshit that fell from that fucker’s mouth could fertilize half of India.”

“are your brains scrambled?” he demanded of Ramesh. “I’m not shooting a dog.” 

“what’s the big deal?” 

“shooting people makes me a don; killing dogs just makes me a psychopath.” 

“Wow,” Saloni drawled. “

Even the criminal holding three women hostage thinks your moral compass is fucked. Let that sink in for a second.”

“I'd known you for a minute and her my whole life. But still, it didn't occur to me that it was just as important to not let a fight with her ruin our friendship. Why was I so busy protecting the copper I had with you, that I destroyed the gold I had with her?”


MEN SUCK (needless to say),  building a community within a screwed up community <3, BE A BONOBO!

lavenderwater's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

tinyumbrellas's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Classism