Inheritance

Rating:
Summary: The cover is better than the book
Review: This story is told from the perspective of a 15-year-old Indian girl -- but it lacks the meaning and perspective a writer should bestow to make it a novel, not just a series of events. Unlike the rich and colorful cover, the writing style is flat and trite, at times reading like the writer's journals and therapy notes, sometimes pedantic lecturing on Indian views. I wanted to care about the characters, but they remained flat and lifeless to me.

Rating:
Summary: beautiful though not perfect
Review: While the book maybe slightly simplistic, it still had some wonderful moments that make it worthwhile. The main character, or at least some of her concerns and ideas, are well-developed and much of the text is beautiful. Other characters, mostly Jani and the mother, are presented as interesting frameworks but need to be expounded upon more. Overall its quite worth the read.