Unfortunately, I was bored and underwhelmed by this book. I really wanted to love it! For me, it was lacking excitement and it felt a lot longer than it was - at less than 300 pages it dragged on!

I was most intrigued by Jivan's experience and if the book followed her storyline only, I might have enjoyed it more. I didn't care for PT Sir at all, and I could take or leave Lovely, yet I did appreciate the trans representation here. Perhaps my reading tastes are too story-driven and this book was written with more of a character focus and so it just wasn't meant for me.

It was great to read a book set in India and now I can scratch that country off my literary travel map.