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A review by iydpyd
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.
Maybe it was the pacing? Maybe the character development?
1. So delightful to read a south Asian story. In part, this is on me because I certainly can make more of an effort to specifically seek out these stories. And I would like to. But I don’t come across these stories often and it’s always a treat to read stories about people who come from the same part of the world as me.
2. That said, I could not with the pronunciation of certain words in the audio book.
3. I was invested in Kaikeyi at the beginning. When she first discovered her abilities and so on, it felt like we were close with her then. Then the distance grew and grew until it felt like hearing a summary. Like the way it feels to hear Ramayana through those picture books with big font you’re given as a child. It got disconnected.
4. I appreciated what the book was trying to do but I didn’t enjoy the construction of it. And eventually I just got bored.
1. So delightful to read a south Asian story. In part, this is on me because I certainly can make more of an effort to specifically seek out these stories. And I would like to. But I don’t come across these stories often and it’s always a treat to read stories about people who come from the same part of the world as me.
2. That said, I could not with the pronunciation of certain words in the audio book.
3. I was invested in Kaikeyi at the beginning. When she first discovered her abilities and so on, it felt like we were close with her then. Then the distance grew and grew until it felt like hearing a summary. Like the way it feels to hear Ramayana through those picture books with big font you’re given as a child. It got disconnected.
4. I appreciated what the book was trying to do but I didn’t enjoy the construction of it. And eventually I just got bored.