I read this at a time I needed a bit escapism and it delivered. It had been a long time that I visited Alagaesia, and never before in English, but surprisingly it soon felt comfortable.

I picked this up on a trip to the US and was disturbed by two things.
Firstly, it is simply the most disturbing and violent book content wise that I read in a long time.
Secondly, there is a lot of Spanish in this book and I get that many people in the US speak at least some Spanish, but none of the six languages that I speak is Spanish. I managed, guessing most of it with reference to my French, but I would only recommend this book to people who speak English and Spanish. 
So, both of these disturbing things are not negatives, just things a reader should be aware of.

I saw the ending coming, hoped it wouldn't, and was still shocked when it happened. I works as a grim metaphor the inescapable marks of poverty. 

I had high hopes for this book. I generally like spy thrillers, the premise sounded interesting and I was interested in seeing an Indian perspective to it.
Sadly, this is just written really badly. No aspect of the book is good. The writing style, the characters ... everything is a terrible conglomeration of clichés. How is it even possible for such a short book to be this boring?