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micasa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and War
christiereads23's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Moderate: Violence, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent
mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Violence and Death of parent
Moderate: Hate crime and Religious bigotry
Minor: Death and Genocide
ashlefevre's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Minor: Violence
lgbtrights's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I honestly liked the format of this book. The title of the book is accurate, as it's a historical fiction featuring a young 12-year-old girl named Nisha. She writes to her mother, who had passed away. As the topic of grief has been something I've reflected more on recently, it made my experience reading this more emotional.
The focus of this story's plot revolves around the Partition of India in 1947, a topic I had not been informed about. This book helped me grasp it more, and I'm thankful that the author included a note and questions to (younger) readers to discuss the more heavier content described in the story.
Suprisingly, I found myself (specifically, my younger self) relating a lot Nisha, and I loved the bond and feelings of love she expressed towards her family members and the people she met.
"Dadi washing and mending my clothes, Papa kissing us on our foreheads before bedtime, Amil making a drawing of me. Kazi making my favorite paratha stuffed with fried onions and potatoes. Every day had been filled with things like this. All love, even between Papa and Amil. Why hadn't I seen this before, Mama?"
The author did a great job in creating such a human story. The descriptions of food from another culture were also delightful and tied the story together well. Gulab jamun, chapati,biryani, rasmalai, sai bhaji, etc. The terms for them and a recipe are also included at the end of the book, which was very nice.
Overall, this was a good story to be introduced to the topic of the Partition of India for younger audiences and older alike.
Graphic: Violence and Death of parent
Moderate: Hate crime, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Medical content
vaguely_reading's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Author: Veera Hiranandani
Series: none
My rating: 5/5
Age rating (in my opinion): 11+
Representation (out of 5): 5/5
Warnings: death, sickness, mild violence
Review: (no spoilers)
wow. I am in shock. I had to wait a few days to even think of a review. This book is so amazing and the authors style choice of having Misha process everything that's going around her by writing to her mother. The characters were lovable- they were relatable. It's a really good book if you really want to visualize what it was like for the people of India and Pakistan during the partition.
Moderate: Violence
jayoz15's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Murder
toshita's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Death and Religious bigotry
Minor: Genocide, Violence, and Blood
forlorn_traveller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Religious bigotry
savgulick's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence