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

challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This novel is a good way of learning about the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka in the 1980s. The first 2 thirds is very slow so I was struggling to enjoy it. It's very much centred around a flawed protagonist, which I don't mind in and of itself, but I was irritated by how much he considered himself flawed and complicated, which was too much of the focus of the first chunk of the book for my liking.  But it picked up into a compelling plot that I became invested in and the story resolved in a pretty satisfactory way. 
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