Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

81 reviews

sarathroughpages's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Death, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty

helfire124's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Addiction, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Death, Sexual violence, Vomit, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Excrement, Islamophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Animal death, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infidelity

jodierose14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Death, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

mraddd's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Classism, Domestic abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence, Islamophobia, Fatphobia, and Pedophilia

raellio's review

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Murder, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Blood, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse, Police brutality, and Vomit

aimeeactually's review

challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Domestic abuse, Outing, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Addiction, Cursing, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Police brutality, Infertility, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Classism, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

readwithash's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Body shaming, Murder, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol

bookswithbeea's review

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, and Murder

jsalyers520's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely adored this book. I don't know enough culturally or regionally about India to know if the representation of caste and conditions were accurate, but from a story-telling perspective this was captivating. I chose to listen to this on audio to make sure I was capturing correct pronunciation and inflection versus skimming or losing part of the story due to not understanding. The narrator was amazing.

I love Geeta's mothering nature despite having no children. I loved the chaotic chatter of the women and the nosey-ness of the group. This is one of my favorite types of reads. 

Some notes I jotted down while reading:

Chapter 11 - "that girl's achievements mattered little, as she, Geeta herself would feel later in life, she was only as successful as those around her allowed her to be." wow...

I was taken aback throughout how nonchalantly all the women discussed abuse, r@pe, acide attacks, etc. No wonder this is a story about killing no good men. 

Chapter 20 - the whole thing. It was so powerful. My favorite chapter of the book. "she regretted these were her choices, violence or violation." as a woman, how relatable.

I found the "curses" in this book particularly hilarious: "you are a shit nugget," and "I should shove this up your pisshole," and "I forgot what an ingrown hair you are." I was honestly laughing out loud at how petty and mean these ladies are. 

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Note - Saloni is like a ride or die bitch. "Everyone one already thinks your husband is dead, we could just take care of him." LOL bestie, thanks! 

I was honestly shocked Geeta thought she was more vile than Ramesh, and then she feels sorry for him. FOR WHAT? Abusive piece of shit asshole. Just for him to turn around and fuck her over again... whew. 

Did she really love him? I don't think so. She talks about "the memory of love."

Personally, I wish the had killed him. But I guess that would have let him get off easier than he deserved, so it wasn't terrible. I found all the references to true crime shows a little silly and overdone, but it didn't ruin the book for me. 

Definitely recommend - 5 stars!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Physical abuse, Death, and Murder

karimorton33's review

emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I enjoyed this book, especially because the storyline was unlike anything I've read before. It was humorous but also serious and showed the real struggles the women in the town go through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape