Milk teeth is actually a book about two childhood friends (Ira and Kartik) and the events that take place in their lives.
The setting of the story is Bombay and it beautifully portrays how Bombay changes to Mumbai. The story is a chain of interlocking events of past and present. It makes you nostalgic even if you're not from Bombay. The book is divided into 3 parts and in the first part Ira comes off as a strong and outspoken character. But in the second part, she is confused and blinded with lust. Ira spends her whole childhood to feel validated by Kartik and when that blossoms to love Kartik can't accept it. She also has an on-off relationship with Kaiz and lust takes over her whenever she thinks about him. Even with all these flaws, I liked Ira and her honesty. And coming to Kartik, I should say I didn't like him that much. His struggles in exploring his sexuality and his double-faced life, not so impressive. Dude hides a secret and gets engaged to Ira but at the last moment when he knows that he's not gonna win he does the same old predictable thing, he's been doing all his life. Quit from that particular thing. This book subtly portrays all the ironies and hypocrisies we face in our daily life. In the middle, the pace of the story dropped but after a few bad pages the pace picks up again. For a debut book, the author has done an impressive job. I recommend this book for those who need an easy-breezy read.
My Rating-3.5/5