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A review by mostlyshanti
No Guns At My Son's Funeral by Paro Anand
2.0
I like books that can have mature discussion of serious topics. I think that there should be more YA(ish) books about the situation in Kashmir. I think that terrorism is something that needs discussion. I liked that this book didn't *really* take sides, but showed the multi-faceted aspect of something terrible. I was in kashmir recently as a visitor, and I was glad that I could get a little piece of understanding of what has happened there in the past (because in the streets of Srinagar, it isn't very obvious, though there is army everywhere)
Sadly though, the writing in the book was terrible. For one thing, there were three characters with very similar names (Angad, Akram, and Aftab) For another thing, there were no indications of time of space or place. The viewpoint kept switching without indicating who was telling the story. The plot was fairly predictable. Nothing really surprised me except Shazia. It could have been longer to show the characters develop, because that didn't happen. It had no depth and complexity, and the writing was confusing the entire time. I wanted to like this more than I did. The writing stole the value the story had on it's own.
Sadly though, the writing in the book was terrible. For one thing, there were three characters with very similar names (Angad, Akram, and Aftab) For another thing, there were no indications of time of space or place. The viewpoint kept switching without indicating who was telling the story. The plot was fairly predictable. Nothing really surprised me except Shazia. It could have been longer to show the characters develop, because that didn't happen. It had no depth and complexity, and the writing was confusing the entire time. I wanted to like this more than I did. The writing stole the value the story had on it's own.