A review by quilly14
The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar

4.0

Mother, the American-born daughter of Bengali immigrants is bleeding out in her driveway. She's been shot by the police.

As she lies bleeding, we are whisked through her flashes of thought, from her childhood Barbies, to her recently deceased dog Greta, her middle daughter's bullies, and much more.

This is a fantastic novel. By the time we get to the circumstances of the shooting, they are all the more tragic because we feel like we know Mother.

Another plus is the fact that the novel flies by. Each of Mother's scattered thoughts is its own "chapter," which leads to a ton of breaks in the narrative.