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

2.0

I expected to really enjoy this story of a second-generation immigrant and woman of color in the American south but the unnamed narrator and impressionistic story-telling kept me at a distance the whole time. The author's choice to use monikers instead of names for the characters The Real Thing, The Middle Daughter, Her Man of the Hour ... felt very stilted to me. Maybe it was supposed to create a sense of universality? Still, I did appreciate what the author shared of her own personal experience as a woman of color from an atypical background in the south. There are real expectations of the boxes that society expects us to fit into and choosing alternative paths comes with consequences.