shakespeareanangel's reviews
188 reviews

I didn't really like this book because the story felt too prolonged and slow for me. The mystery wasn't as indulging either and I find that writing lengthy chapters just to describe the investigation process didn't work very well for this book. I also didn't like the misrepresentation of Indians during the British Raj - we are not "black devils" to fight for our mother land against ruthless colonisers who dared to occupy India just because they couldn't fend for themselves :)

I'm very sensitive when it comes to the English colonisation of India and will not hear anything against the mutinies and freedom fighters because non-violence doesn't solve anything (history has turned Gandhi into some messiah when he wasn't one).