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Title: Starts off beautifully, but then....
Review: goes downhill fast from there. I was so excited when I started this novel, the writing was rich and evocative, the plot seemed solid and down to earth. Then Radhika Jha seems to have dived into a tailspin of teenage sex novel/poor pathetic woman, leaving our main character without a modicum of my sympathy. It turns from beautifully melancholy reality to Jaqueline Suzanne-esque pulp, (or should I say pap?) that left me desperate to reread the beginning to be sure I hadn't missed anything. I hadn't. I have no idea how Radhika Jha got from the beginning to where things turned ugly, almost as though she refused to finish the book and someone in the mailroom offered to take over from her. Despite this, I still hold out hope for future novels from this writer, as she has shown at the beginning of the book she is capable of both transporting the reader into her world, and of currying deep sympathy for her characters.
