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Cracking India by Bapsi Sidhwa

4 reviews

lizsarina's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Religious bigotry, and War

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mpbookreviews's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Violence, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Incest, Physical abuse, and Rape

shanaya_ron's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was a great book. I guess I enjoyed it more as we did it for class and had to go through the various techniques of Postcolonial writings. This aided my understanding of the book. I greatly appreciate Sidhwa for presenting such an authentic first hand account of the horrors of partition. When the gap in the narrative came to my notice, I was astounded by the subtle details that Sidhwa had placed and left it to her readers capability to connect the dots.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment