A review by boxcar
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

fuck.

poetic in all of the most devastating ways. A masterpiece of grief, trauma, inequality and the human condition. Beautifully beautifully beautifully written. I can’t express just how in love I am with the words of this book.

“it is after all so easy to shatter a story. To break a chain of thought. To ruin a fragment of a dream being carried around carefully like a piece of porcelain.”

I was made of porcelain reading this story. I am thoroughly shattered.