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Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book was a trip. We follow three main characters: Rich Kid Sunny Wadia, son of India’s most notorious crime lord, his personal servant, Ajay, and a journalist who finds herself mixed up in the mess via unexpected relationship, Neda.
The book begins with a tragedy. Five homeless people are heartlessly run over in the middle of the night in the heart of Delhi. The police find Ajay drunk at the wheel of the car and he is immediately brought to jail.
Then, slowly, we are shown the lives of these three characters leading up to this exact moment. As we gain the story and perspective of each character, we see how things progress, we fill in missing pieces, we learn how the tragedy came to be.
The reader begins to understand just how much reach the Wadia family truly has and begins to see the ripple that cascades through India after each action and decision.
This book was intense, dark, and engaging. Kapoor’s writing is so interesting. The structure and style of the story itself was just as entertaining as the subject matter. It was a very long family drama, and I may not have understood each and every aspect, but I did really enjoy it.
Also I was rooting for Ajay the entire time, he was by far my favourite character (though I did also have a soft spot for Eli), and I wanted him to get out of jail and be able to see his sister again! That being said, I know he was tricked at the end of the book into thinking the girl in the picture wasn’t his sister and to abandon his ties to the Wadia family, I just really hope it was the right choice! I hope the girl wasn’t actually his sister and I REALLY hope that they aren’t able to hunt him down and kill him, though of course that wouldn’t be surprising…
The book begins with a tragedy. Five homeless people are heartlessly run over in the middle of the night in the heart of Delhi. The police find Ajay drunk at the wheel of the car and he is immediately brought to jail.
Then, slowly, we are shown the lives of these three characters leading up to this exact moment. As we gain the story and perspective of each character, we see how things progress, we fill in missing pieces, we learn how the tragedy came to be.
The reader begins to understand just how much reach the Wadia family truly has and begins to see the ripple that cascades through India after each action and decision.
This book was intense, dark, and engaging. Kapoor’s writing is so interesting. The structure and style of the story itself was just as entertaining as the subject matter. It was a very long family drama, and I may not have understood each and every aspect, but I did really enjoy it.