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taylorlynzie 's review for:
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
by Shehan Karunatilaka
This book was the most challenging of my 2023 reads thus far but also rewarding. The book is written in the second person narrative (main character is addressed as “you” for the entirety of the novel) which I found hard to grasp for the first third of the novel, the middle dragged a bit but the last third really accelerated to a wonderful finish. The story of a gay Sri Lankan war photographer set in the 1980’s filled with magical realism was so interesting but takes a dedicated mindset to finish. Worth the work! I give it 3.8 stars rounded up.