A review by alisonrose711
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan by Yasmin Cordery Khan

4.0

Just a quick one here because my brain is just not in the place to do much more, but this was quite fascinating, very informative, and also incredibly gut-wrenching at times. I can't speak to the accuracy, but it seems very well-researched and thoughtful to me. I knew very little about the particulars of Partition and certainly had no idea how utterly violent and frightening it was for so many people. I appreciated that we got a good look here at the impact on those at the bottom of society. The earlier nitty gritty of the politics leading up to the split was a little dry and hard to follow at times, but overall this was a worthy educational read - and surprisingly short given the topic and the amount of information!