A review by angrybookworm
Night Theater by Vikram Paralkar

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I wasn't sure how I felt about this book until I got to the end, and then I loved it but was also a bit confused by it. It definitely has me thinking about my own mortality and what it really means to be alive. It also taught me a lot about Indian culture in a really organic way that I loved. I had so many tabs and annotations of things I'd heard of but hadn't really read about in context or in a day to day life kind of setting - so that was really great, even if it wasn't the point of the book. Growing up Catholic-ish, I knew a lot of people that questioned the existence of god or the afterlife but until this book I never really knew whether people in other religions had the same questions or hesitations and it was so captivating to see the parallels between my life and religion and someone else's. 
I highly recommend this book. It moves a bit slow sometimes and it can be a little creepy if you don't like medical procedures but it was so thought provoking and interesting the whole time. 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings