A review by unlikelyplaces
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

4.0

Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff
⭐️ - 4
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Bandit Queens is a dark, literary comedy set in a small village in India. It follows Geeta, who is quite happy to let the rest of the town believe the rumours that she murdered her husband because she just wants to be left alone. But things get more complicated when another woman in the village asks her for help with murdering her own husband.

Although a “comedy”, this novel has so much depth to it. It deals a lot with themes of domestic abuse, the trauma that women suffer at the hands of men, and the importance of sisterhood.

My main criticism of this was that it took a while for me to get into, it was quite a slow start and I didn’t really feel invested until about half way through, but once it picked up I was hooked.

But other than that I loved this. It would be a great one for a book club or a buddy read, I feel like there’s so much to discuss about this story and I would recommend to pretty much everyone (please look at the trigger warnings though).




❗️Content Warnings (SPOILERS): on page s3xual assault, domestic abuse (this is a major theme), vomit, animal cruelty, alcoholism, infertility
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