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A review by lavoiture
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
4.0
4.5
Starts off as lighthearted caper, ends up...not.
What I loved was the fully-rounded characters. Though this was set in an Indian slum, it was about more than the slum. Fiction gives us insights and empathy into worlds we wouldn't see otherwise, and allows us to live their lives. Yes, I felt sad about the poverty; yes, I felt anger at the police's incompetence, etc, but this story was more than that.
Starts off as lighthearted caper, ends up...not.
What I loved was the fully-rounded characters. Though this was set in an Indian slum, it was about more than the slum. Fiction gives us insights and empathy into worlds we wouldn't see otherwise, and allows us to live their lives. Yes, I felt sad about the poverty; yes, I felt anger at the police's incompetence, etc, but this story was more than that.