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A review by sarah984
A Burning by Megha Majumdar
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This was a tough read (and I can't really say I "enjoyed" it in the traditional sense) but it was timely and well-written. Each character’s perspective feels unique and alive, and their actions are believable even when they're terrible. I felt like the demonstration of a person being seduced into doing increasingly awful things on behalf of a right-wing political party was realistic.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Excrement, and Police brutality
Minor: Suicide
There is a description of a terrorist attack on a train.
A character is executed by hanging.