paperdove980 's review for:

The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore

4.0

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I loved this book because it absolutely 100% catapulted me into a world which I knew very little about, and made me desperate to know more. The area is on the brink of a revolution, but the story revolves around a strained domestic situation, with women who never go out into the outside world. I thought the contrast of the two major topics made the book really interesting. I also loved the characters. I could fully sympathise with Bimala, and her husband, and yet at the same time wished that they would do something proactive to end the situation they were in. The only part of the book I didn't enjoy was the ending, which was very rushed, and seemed to resolve too quickly and neatly. Still, an excellent book, about a world totally different to mine, but still so relatable.