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A review by sarah984
Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This got a little didactic in places (felt like each character was created to address a specific issue), I didn't really care for the murder mystery side plot, and everything got a little too fantastical for me at the end, but overall I enjoyed this book about Filipino domestic workers in Singapore a lot. How do you live as a human in these circumstances is a question that each character is trying to answer in her own way.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Abortion, and Deportation