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A review by jillheather
Bone & Bread by Saleema Nawaz
3.0
The book was interesting -- the characters well-drawn, the relationship between the sisters realistic. I enjoyed the plot, and found that going back and forth in time was a good choice, though occasionally confusing.
I don't know why the book acted as if we couldn't tell from the moment she phoned that Libby was Sadhana's girlfriend, especially since Beena knew that she was bi. It was a discordant note.
The setting was strangely set up. Some locations were mentioned specifically, others left oddly generic. Did the bagel store not have a name? Wouldn't people ever use it? There are four universities in this city, how did no names there turn up, when we know that Sadhana lived in Mile End, that Beena and Sadhana temporarily rented a house on St-Marc. Women of Beena and Sadhana's age would not have gone directly to university from high school, because the system in Quebec is not set up like that.
And the idea that both Beena and Sadhana (who is politically active) would just ignore the referendum, that the anxiety in the months leading up to it would have had no effect on them -- it's unimaginable. I know the author lives in Montreal, but there's some distinct lack of research done here. (The political climate now, with Ravi, was excellently done.)
I'll pick up her next book.
I don't know why the book acted as if we couldn't tell from the moment she phoned that Libby was Sadhana's girlfriend, especially since Beena knew that she was bi. It was a discordant note.
The setting was strangely set up. Some locations were mentioned specifically, others left oddly generic. Did the bagel store not have a name? Wouldn't people ever use it? There are four universities in this city, how did no names there turn up, when we know that Sadhana lived in Mile End, that Beena and Sadhana temporarily rented a house on St-Marc. Women of Beena and Sadhana's age would not have gone directly to university from high school, because the system in Quebec is not set up like that.
And the idea that both Beena and Sadhana (who is politically active) would just ignore the referendum, that the anxiety in the months leading up to it would have had no effect on them -- it's unimaginable. I know the author lives in Montreal, but there's some distinct lack of research done here. (The political climate now, with Ravi, was excellently done.)
I'll pick up her next book.