A review by lizzie0601
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

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

3.75

  • Clever premise & interesting ideas about non-meaning of life 
  • Meditation on impact of civil war & whether it is better to seek justice or attempt to forget & move on 
  • Slow-paced and quite abstract so not easy to read - also felt there was a high  entry level of knowledge about the Sri Lankan civil war 
  • Unlikeable narrator made it difficult to sympathise at first but over time became invested in him as a complicated, morally grey character 
  •  Skilled book technically e.g. use of second person very intentional 
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