A review by serendipitysbooks
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Age of Vice is a little different from my normal reads, a sort of Indian Godfather that showcases the inner workings of one of India’s most powerful family crime syndicates. There’s extravagant wealth, plenty of glitz and glamour, large scale corruption, lots of violence and intimidation, internal power struggles, a forbidden romance and self-serving manipulation. But apart from its fast-paced, action-packed plot the novel also features some rather compelling studies of complex and complicated characters and shines a light on some of India’s social and political problems like institutional corruption and desperate poverty. I definitely enjoyed this story and the change of pace it offered me. But unlike many readers I won’t be hanging out for the next volume in the planned trilogy, despite the cliff-hanger of an ending. 
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