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A review by unladylike
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
3.0
5 stars for the cultural exposure
4 stars for the linguistic insight reminiscent of [b:A Clockwork Orange|41817486|A Clockwork Orange|Anthony Burgess|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549260060l/41817486._SX50_.jpg|23596], but grounded in reality (though the glossary included in the U.S. edition doesn't cover some of the main words found throughout the book, such as "hi-fi," and for some reason I haven't been able to find any explanations of the term through Google searches)
2 stars for the actual story, which I really didn't care for. I picked up the book because I guessed from the title that it would be a supernatural magic realism type of novel. I won't apologize for spoiling the plot by warning you that it does not actually contain any djinns, sadly, and the alternative is much worse.
3 stars for the prose itself
4 stars for the linguistic insight reminiscent of [b:A Clockwork Orange|41817486|A Clockwork Orange|Anthony Burgess|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549260060l/41817486._SX50_.jpg|23596], but grounded in reality (though the glossary included in the U.S. edition doesn't cover some of the main words found throughout the book, such as "hi-fi," and for some reason I haven't been able to find any explanations of the term through Google searches)
2 stars for the actual story, which I really didn't care for. I picked up the book because I guessed from the title that it would be a supernatural magic realism type of novel. I won't apologize for spoiling the plot by warning you that it does not actually contain any djinns, sadly, and the alternative is much worse.
3 stars for the prose itself