A review by sarahbook
Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I don’t read much literary fiction and I read almost no family dramas within that category. As such, I may not be the best at rating this. 

The book was engaging while I was reading it. I enjoyed that it shifted through time and narrators in a way that felt fairly hazy, much like Dava’s brain. I also liked that it was set in the near future but had flashbacks to times I remember. 

I didn’t really love the characters. I suspect I probably wasn’t supposed to, but they weren’t drawing me in like I wanted them to. 

This feels like the type of book that could get a higher score as time passes, but we will see.