ARC REVIEW

Deviants tells the stories of three gay men over three generations in India; the present day told in the style in the form of a recorded monologue, his uncle, pitched as a manuscript of a memoir, and his uncle, as a story told after the fact.
Telling parallel stories of the gay experience at different points in history in India, contrasting social structures and attitudes are laid out through each generation and through hidden or open love.

I was (and kind of still am?) unsure about the tone of the narration. I found Vivaan’s sections truly infuriating, due to both the davt that he reads exactly like the cringiest of modern youth but also found a lot of his chapters slightly inept and rudimentary, which may have been the intention, but it wasn’t for me. However I found the other perspectives much more engaging and became invested in the developing narrative. These sections are beautifully written and are thick with the brutality of queerness in these timelines. 
All narratives are rich with social politics, queer fear, queer joy, and culture. Deviants is definitely going to wow some readers, but unfortunately for me, a third of the narrative lessened it for me.