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The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy

3.89 AVERAGE

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rubynajinnah's review

5.0
dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

skibum13's review

1.0
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lexilynn95's review

5.0
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

jwn's review

4.0
emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

rebeccamdowd's review

3.75
emotional reflective slow-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
Beautiful prose and imagery. This didn’t quite hit me but was well done 
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xriafromcal's review

2.5
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
So convoluted. Is it a crime thriller ? a story of generational trauma ? a too conveniently solved legal drama ? a love story. Also the writing is derivative of Jhumpa Lahiri without the pithiness. 
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maddbomb's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Yes

ljreads1's review

4.25
adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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: Complicated
I loved getting  a glimpse of Kalkuta and the contrast of worlds.

wrmancke's review

DID NOT FINISH: 11%
Seemed like she was gonna go fall in love with some dude (but not the right dude, some wild dude in India who then turned out to be the right one after all) and that was going to be it.

cherylg123's review

4.25
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes