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What Mina Did? by Geeta Menon
3.0

First thing first, please don't read the blurb and go into this book. If you do, I am sure you will be disappointed. The blurb and first few chapters gave me so much hope for mystery/thriller kind of vibes and I was so much hooked to the book. From the title, you can get the idea that 'Mina' is the protoganist and she had done something terrible that has flipped her life upside down. Hold on. It was more like 'What Mina's circumstances did to her mind' than 'What Mina did'.

Now let me tell you, this is a story of a woman named Mina who is suffering PTSD after her mother's death and that gets intensified when she comes to visit her place in Bangalore from USA to sell her house inherited from her parents. This deals with family, friendship, depression, suicide and bonding of love in different circumstances. The author has dealt with depression so beautifully and deeply. It's a good book but as I mentioned earlier you might get different expectations from the title, cover and blurb and that can lead you to disappointment. It's kind of a Danielle Steel style of a story. It's a good book and I would recommend it but go into it with little expectations.