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lizshayne 's review for:
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
by Alka Joshi
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm deeply tempted to tag this fantasy, but that would mess with the algorithm.
It's not really fantasy, but it is writing a world that never was into being. Joshi feels like she's writing an origin myth, one that grounds her experience as an insider/outsider to India in a place that feels like it is hers.
Which is good. The mistake is in thinking that this is a picture of India, it's not. It's a picture of a dream of India, which is what makes it gorgeous and why the story works so well and why everything comes together as it ought to.
Which it totally does, the subplots all balance, the writing is lovely and the recipes are, once again, deeply hungrifying.
It's not really fantasy, but it is writing a world that never was into being. Joshi feels like she's writing an origin myth, one that grounds her experience as an insider/outsider to India in a place that feels like it is hers.
Which is good. The mistake is in thinking that this is a picture of India, it's not. It's a picture of a dream of India, which is what makes it gorgeous and why the story works so well and why everything comes together as it ought to.
Which it totally does, the subplots all balance, the writing is lovely and the recipes are, once again, deeply hungrifying.