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A review by jcox3814
The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna
3.0
I will save the summary of the plot as it is right up at the top of the page next to the cover. I found The Lost Girl very well written, the emotions came across strong and for the most part true. I enjoyed the play of emotions that both girls have and how helpless they feel with no real control over their own life and autonomy.
I like that the characters are not black and white, we have no strong feel for why several of the adults do what they do nor which side they will finally fall on. Several have made choices that they are struggling to live with and others know their place and do their best in a less than perfect situation.
I struggled with the lifestyle of the teenagers in Inda. I could not figure out why place the story in India and then have the lifestyle and talk so Americanized that the reader forgets that it is India. This made it difficult to stay in the story at times.
I also felt that the foreshadowing of a love triangle was unnecessary (I can't be the only one tired of these).
I like that the characters are not black and white, we have no strong feel for why several of the adults do what they do nor which side they will finally fall on. Several have made choices that they are struggling to live with and others know their place and do their best in a less than perfect situation.
I struggled with the lifestyle of the teenagers in Inda. I could not figure out why place the story in India and then have the lifestyle and talk so Americanized that the reader forgets that it is India. This made it difficult to stay in the story at times.
I also felt that the foreshadowing of a love triangle was unnecessary (I can't be the only one tired of these).