A review by vidyareads
Undertow by Jahnavi Barua

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

A book that travelled to me from India via a family relative. A book that was all over #bookstagram when it was released a few years ago. A book that rightfully SHOULD be all over bookstagram😊

Here’s why this should go on your TBR

- India, specifically Assam. I’ve never been to the northeast states of the mothership and I should. The nostalgia factor was high!

- The Brahmaputra River. I knew of it from school geography lessons, news, TV etc,  this book made it real. I felt I was actually standing on the river’s banks

- The streets of Assam, the food and the Yellow House where most of the book is set in

- Memorable characters

- I was thinking about the craft of writing while reading this book. And in which books do I do that you ask ? In the REALLY good ones !

- Even that ending made sense. I read a couple of reviews and seemed that was the one thing a few didn’t like, but it made sense to me, back to the above craft

Loved it! Would highly recommend obviously 😊