I had heard a lot of praise for this one before picking it up. So the expectations were really high. Did it live up to them?
Well…it’s rare to come across a story which is not a mystery and yet keeps tickling the curious bone in you. This is one of them.
If I had to describe this book in a phrase, I’d say that this is a story about things that are not black or white. Quite literally.
The racism plot is not a new one. But often it is portrayed in a historical setting. Rarely is the race factor, which runs through our society like that invisible thread that no one can see and yet a lot depends on that single thread, is unravelled in the present times.
The writing makes the lines blur even further. When you hear both sides of the story, you realize how thin is the line between right and wrong and whether there even is a right or wrong. How one person’s right could be another’s wrong.
This book is wrapped in a whirlwind of emotions. Emotions so strong as grief, hatred, and all that you feel after having lived a life of disguised suppression.
Over all, if you are an adult reader who is tired of reading young adult fiction (guilty as charged), this book is exactly what you are looking for. You’ll enjoy it, take sides with the characters, want to change the world and will definitely rethink how you might in fact not be as unprejudiced as you thought you were. Or maybe, you’ll simply find it a good read. Either ways, you won’t regret reading it. Its time well spent.
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