rrmd 's review for:

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

4.0

emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The things I didn’t like about this book—the slow pacing, the nonlinear plot, the meandering prose—are what contributed to it being so critically accompanied, but those are just my preferences. This book also reveals what I already knew from reading some of Roy’s nonfiction work: she has a sharp and scathing analysis of the conditions that have led to the polycrisis, and I find that much more interesting in essay format.