madeline_c 's review for:

Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje

3.0

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2017: Just now finished. The plot line of this book is really interesting-- a forensic anthropologist uses her knowledge to try to prove the Sri Lankan government killed innocent people during their civil war-- but the potential mystery/drama of plot line is untapped, instead favoring a focus on character backstory, which I didn't particularly enjoy because I didn't really enjoy any of the characters all that much. This reading left me feeling flat and a little bored. I will have to reread in a few months for class, so hopefully my opinion will shift to a more positive light than its current one.