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Slow and searing, Avni Doshi's Burnt Sugar is a hypnotic breakdown of a mother daughter relationship. What happens when the layers of diplomacy are peeled back and we are left with just raw humanity? It smells and sounds a lot like the title of this piece, burnt sugar.

Parts of this book were especially difficult to read since they involved cruel child abuse, domestic violence and nonconsensual encounters. Despite being a relatively short book, it took me weeks to wade into Doshi's world. I finished and I am still not sure what to make of it all.