I really appreciated how well researched and academically comprehensive this book was. Parts of it I absolutely loved, like the chapter about transwomen and the houses they build, and the Anglo-Indians and theirs struggles.
Parts of it I disliked, like conveniently never touching the subject of how brutal and tyrannical the British Empire was.
Idk but i feel like britishers should never be allowed to go and write romantically about countries they have colonised without acknowledging their own atrocities first.