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A review by ladymirtazapine
Leila by Prayaag Akbar
4.0
CN: Sectarian hatred, abuse, and violence, fire, missing/kidnapped small child, misogyny, mention of bodily fluids, imprisonment, social rejection, sexual assault, drug addiction, mental illness, death of a parent, probable death of a spouse.
Reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale but somehow more realistic, and with an even more disturbing final scene. Possibly as it's a more modern novel, so the technology and climate crisis are more recognisable.
The world building of this dystopian future India is excellent. The descriptions of the heat were so vivid I had to put my fan on.
The portrayal of the ways the impact of climate changed differed depending on one's wealth and class was depressingly plausible.
I also liked the way the narrator was presented as imperfect, in recognition that the liberal society she wishes to live in is equally flawed. It makes it more understandable that people would choose the Purity system as an alternative.
Reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale but somehow more realistic, and with an even more disturbing final scene. Possibly as it's a more modern novel, so the technology and climate crisis are more recognisable.
The world building of this dystopian future India is excellent. The descriptions of the heat were so vivid I had to put my fan on.
The portrayal of the ways the impact of climate changed differed depending on one's wealth and class was depressingly plausible.
I also liked the way the narrator was presented as imperfect, in recognition that the liberal society she wishes to live in is equally flawed. It makes it more understandable that people would choose the Purity system as an alternative.