A review by ninaprime
The Matrimonial Advertisement by Mimi Matthews

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes

3.5

Matthews hooked me into Justin and Helena's story from the first chapter, and I was really rooting for them as a couple who had been through so much horror and deserved better. Conflicted feelings about how the incidents in India were portrayed - on one hand, brutality on both sides was acknowledged, but on the other it wasn't an outright refutation of colonialism. In general, I do think much of the book was period authentic and the characters and their development felt real.
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