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A review by ballen790
Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti
3.0
I wanted to like this so much more than I actually did. It seemed like it was be juicy and exciting. It wasn’t and I didn’t like Dava very much. This reminded me of The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo in the aspects of aging celebrity recalling their past and the scandals but this was by no means a juicy as Evelyn’s story.
The characters weren’t very likable. As much as Dava was a visionary and generous, one of her sons said it best; it was basically all for clout. The wonderful things she did were because she wanted people to think of her as generous. Instead of just being generous, she was obsessed with people knowing it and had all these rules for her family and their significant others to make sure her legacy and last name was acknowledged. The whole trip to Beatrix Island and her plan for that time with family is horrific. If I saw reports as her family members did I would be livid. I also am baffled about why people keep illnesses hush hush. Not telling the public is one thing but your family? Your children that have already lost one parent? It’s cruel. Dava also wrote that letter to Chai and didn’t want her to ever read it?! Like what.
The plot with the rockstar was also weird. Dava was just super self centered. How could you agree to it and then mad when your name is used? … she spent too much time trying to protect her image. She also had everyone lock up their devices then proceed to use them the entire time to Google her and what was being said about her with all the craziness going on. I can’t think of one character here I actually liked aside from the husband that passed away. The memories of him make him sound truly lovely.
The characters weren’t very likable. As much as Dava was a visionary and generous, one of her sons said it best; it was basically all for clout. The wonderful things she did were because she wanted people to think of her as generous. Instead of just being generous, she was obsessed with people knowing it and had all these rules for her family and their significant others to make sure her legacy and last name was acknowledged. The whole trip to Beatrix Island and her plan for that time with family is horrific. If I saw reports as her family members did I would be livid. I also am baffled about why people keep illnesses hush hush. Not telling the public is one thing but your family? Your children that have already lost one parent? It’s cruel. Dava also wrote that letter to Chai and didn’t want her to ever read it?! Like what.
The plot with the rockstar was also weird. Dava was just super self centered. How could you agree to it and then mad when your name is used? … she spent too much time trying to protect her image. She also had everyone lock up their devices then proceed to use them the entire time to Google her and what was being said about her with all the craziness going on. I can’t think of one character here I actually liked aside from the husband that passed away. The memories of him make him sound truly lovely.