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Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
The chaotic structure of the writing draws you in to the chaos of the forces driving the civil war. The chaos continues after death without missing a beat.
Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War
Moderate: Drug use, Genocide, Infidelity, Suicide, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual harassment, War
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racism, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief
Minor: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, War
The book is set in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 1990, and tells the story of the death of Malinda Albert Kabalana a.k.a. Maali Almeida, a photographer documenting the civil war, who is also a compulsive gambler and a closeted gay man. He wakes up, confused and dazed, in a crowded office where he is informed that he has seven moons in the "In Between" to attempt to communicate with his family and friends, to find his photos and negatives that will bring down the government.
The story, told in the voice of an omniscient narrator, was sometimes fast paced and engaging, other times it slowed down and became drawn out. It does include some heavy subject matters including war, torture, suicide, genocide and matters of life and death.
I borrowed this book from Taunton Library and listened to the audiobook on BorrowBox. I read this for prompt 5, Magical Realism, for the 52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2024.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Car accident, Sexual harassment
Minor: Drug use
Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Car accident, Murder, War
Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping
Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol