A review by dhee_reads
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

5.0

I liked the voice/ tone/ atmosphere. Anappara delves deep into the basti, Bhoot Bhazar, rubbish grounds etc. I think the map really helped me. She shows everything ( caste discrimination, inequities, communal and religious strife, and local police and enforcer dynamics) in an innocuous manner but that's horror. I love the chapter pov(s) for our missing persons. Those chapters in particular broke my heart.

Spoiler

I was stupidly hopeful about the outcome. I kept believing despite how awful everything was that someone would find at least one person. The fact that this could not happen is important.

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