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Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

88 reviews

lizzym126's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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matcha_pages's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A sweeping and ambitious story of power and corruption in India that failed to impress. There was a lot of potential, the plot was exciting and the multiple POVs helped build up the mystery around the Wadia family. I could see this easily transformed into a TV show.

Unfortunately the execution was rough, it was repeatitive and filled with backstories for minor characters. The book is split into 5 different parts with each part focusing on different characters. In parts 1 - 3 we're introduced to our main characters Ajay, Neda, and Sunny and cover the same pivotal events from their perspective. Each perspective revealed more about the criminal Wadia empire, but covering the same events multiple times felt very repeatitive. Before we reach the conculsion to the events set in motion in the first half of the book, we're introduced to minor characters and get their entire backstory. Backstory is not a replacement for character development. Honestly I could have skipped half the book and been fine. 

I should have DNF'd this but my desire to complete a book over 500 pages was too strong. 


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madoo1182's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0


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nailartklaudia's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

2.0


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the_suze's review

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0


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editorsansserif's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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ukponge's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75


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readergonewilde's review

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

4.0


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bootsmom3's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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mac23's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75


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