Review coming later...

This was an amazing book! I cannot believe that I've put off reading it for this long. I should be ashamed of myself. However, I'm really glad that I've finally read it now. The ending was a bit unexpected (I fully expected him to have simply ran away to find another hidey-hole), but it made sense. After all, he had no one and was being ridiculed by the entire civilized world. I would likely off myself, too!

I've never thought of the racial hierarchy as a caste system, but it absolutely is.

Also, there are bits of history included in the book that I've never known about - most horrifically the lynching postcards.

Damn. I knew the entire country was fucked. I knew the racism was systematically embedded in probably all our systems. But this blew my mind. I didn't realize just how messed up it all was. Right down to the highway system...

I finally read this book! It's so good! I mean, I knew it would be, but reading it finally is just delightful!

I have a confession. I've never read Pride and Prejudice. I just couldn't get into it. I didn't like the movie and I've always DNFed the book. In fact, I've had difficulty with all of Austen's works. Which is weird because I've almost always enjoyed retellings of the stories.

Like this one! I loved this book. It was delightful, witty, and full of female empowerment and just general awesomeness! Like this exchange:

Jishnu laughed, offering me a coffee mug. “You’re not like most girls, are you?”

“Ehhhhh.” I made a “wrong answer” buzzer sound even as I accepted the mug from him and went about selecting some black tea. “Don’t do that thing.”

“What thing?” Jishnu looked surprised as he poured the hot water into my mug for me.

I nodded my thanks. “That thing where you put down other girls to compliment me. It’s so old-school old boys.”

I love it so much! Although, I shouldn't be surprised because I've loved everything that I've read from Dr. Sayantani DasGupta so far! Her writing style is fun and badass!

And this book makes me want to retry the original because of how good it is!! But maybe I'll try it as an audiobook this go round.

This was such a fascinating book. It definitely described some of my lived experiences, which has me wondering.