1.4k reviews for:

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur

Alka Joshi

3.98 AVERAGE

fieryfred's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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: No

monmill's review against another edition

4.5

fast-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

maryannelovesbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

orchardhouselibrary's review against another edition

4.0

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just as beautiful as the first one, with a lil mystery and multiple POVs to shake things up

eleni_flores's review against another edition

3.0

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Last year I really enjoyed The Henna Artist, which was a character study on Lakshmi with some interesting plot lines to keep things moving. In the sequel—which could be read as a stand-alone, though I think the reader loses something by not getting the full background first—Alka Joshi focuses on plot and brings in a new character. Unfortunately, I didn't care much for the plot or the new character, and I found myself a little bored. I was hoping for more of an emphasis on Lakshmi again, but this one just didn't pan out for me.

drmarls's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

moss_piglette's review against another edition

3.0

fast-paced

chem_heidi's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lynnslitadventures's review against another edition

5.0

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I could not wait to start The Secret Keeper of Jaipur after reading the Henna Artist. I love the characters created by Alka Joshi so much and I was so happy to read Malik’s story as well as see how well Lakshmi was doing. It was also fun to see how the Singhs were faring — I don’t want to contain any spoilers in this so I’ll just leave it at that. Note: highly recommend the audio book! The different voices for different narrators made the story even more remarkable. Five Stars!

teacher_may's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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: No