A review by raewood
The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar

5.0

I'm completely blown away by this book. The language is nuanced, the structure is ingenious and adds great profundity to the story itself. Laskar lays bare both banal cruelties and and balanaties that make cruelty all the more unbearable in single sentences. A novel that speaks to microaggressions experienced by woc in the South, while also acknowledging the unique version of this faced by an Indian American woman universally assumed to be either Black or a foreigner. Not for those who dislike ambiguity, but an incredibly impactful read nonetheless