A review by shanaya_ron
Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was a great book. I guess I enjoyed it more as we did it for class and had to go through the various techniques of Postcolonial writings. This aided my understanding of the book. I greatly appreciate Sidhwa for presenting such an authentic first hand account of the horrors of partition. When the gap in the narrative came to my notice, I was astounded by the subtle details that Sidhwa had placed and left it to her readers capability to connect the dots.
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