A review by natverse
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really loved the supernatural POV and introducing the audience to the politics and blood-steeped history of Sri Lanka. It's uncomfortable but refreshingly jaded and blunt for a POV. And a queer POV as well! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Islamophobia, Homophobia, Blood, Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, Animal death, and Murder

This is the nature of this book, it's about death, grief and a lot of screwed up things in history in Sri Lanka, but it's also not shying away from these real things that would have happened.