Reviews

The East Indian by Brinda Charry

emilyrose724's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Child death

ibrow's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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? No

3.0

david_brent's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Rape, Trafficking, Colonisation, Addiction, Death, Kidnapping, and Racism

Moderate: Trafficking, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, Sexual content, Death, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, and Violence

sam1776's review

adventurous reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

musubi_mumma's review

adventurous informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

jtlars7's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

Good, but dark. The reading experience reminded me of Cold Mountain or The Law of Dreams. Even when something good happened I just kept waiting for the bad that would surely follow. It does provide a new-to-me perspective on early colonial VA.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Trafficking, and Violence

larobertson's review

adventurous dark emotional informative 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? No

5.0

hmreed's review

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

leahrolf23's review

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

tanya_countrygalreads's review

3.0

3.75/5