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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
5.0
challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
really beautiful book. you have to read it out loud and stick with it for the first 50-100 pages to get the rhythm of it but it really pays off if you do. in particular it captures the way children think astonishingly well. I will say that it’s very concerned with the abject — rotting things, body fluids, filth — so be warned about that. it’s not concerned with those things in a shock-jock way, more in as part of a larger attention to detail and reality, the filth and horror of domestic life 
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