Hello my lovely readers! I must say, I am KILLING the Read Around the World challenge. Let's get into it.
SYNOPSIS
Jaffna, 1981. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, a vicious civil war tears through her home, and her dream spins off course as she sees her four beloved brothers and their friend K swept up in the mounting violence. Desperate to act, Sashi accepts K’s invitation to work as a medic at a field hospital for the militant Tamil Tigers, who, following years of state discrimination and violence, are fighting for a separate homeland for Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority. But after the Tigers murder one of her teachers and Indian peacekeepers arrive only to commit further atrocities, Sashi begins to question where she stands. When one of her medical school professors, a Tamil feminist and dissident, invites her to join a secret project documenting human rights violations, she embarks on a dangerous path that will change her forever.
MY THOUGHTS
I liked this book in that it taught me about the Sri Lankan Civil War, something that I wasn't previously educated on. But for me, Sashi was an incredibly dry main character. I felt no real connection to her and she came across as...kind of boring in the midst of a chaotic, brutal world. Sashi came across as stubborn (which I think was the point of this novel), but also very clinical and devoid of emotions. It was still a wonderfully education novel though!
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