This novel is really good. It dives deep into the treatment of women in the Bengali culture. The two perspectives confused me enough to to create more interest, while the dead aunt gives gloriously petty vibes…and for good reason.

This is the first book in a while that I’ve read with a male author tackling feminist ideologies. I do have questions about the choices one of the characters make and her unshakeable devotion to raising her husband and the “taming of the shrew” but I let it slide because, once again, the dead aunt wanted all of the smoke.