The Devourers By Indra Das Published Year: 2015 [debut novel] Page Count: 327 pages Medium Used: Kindle PW Genre: Supernatural, Werewolves, Shape-shifting, 2024-read. Rating : 2/5 I wanted to read some good books by Indian authors, having just wrapped Tomb of Sand by Geethanjali Shree . This one really made me excited till a certain point. After about 40%, it just became obnoxiously nauseating. I mean .. I just wanted to fling my kindle to the wall and DNf. Yet,I persisted. I dont think I have gained anything from reading this book. A total waste of time. Such rakshasas or half werewolves (with two halves of a split soul) who are immortal and can shape shift into their were wolf bodies cannot exist in reality right? Some scenes are just so yuck and eww for me. Like exchanging half gorged, half chewed animal fat. Like the homosexual smut scenes between the human and the shape-shifting rakshasa. And the practice of their masters having sex with a newly born shape shifter so that
Tomb of Sand By Geethanjali Shree Translated by Daisy Rockwell Winner of English Pen Award, Winner of International Booker Prize 2022 . Published Year : 2021 Page Count: 735 pages Medium Used: Paperback Genre : Drama, Historical fiction, India-Pakistan Partition, Humor, 2024-read. Rating : 5/5 Must read for all Indian bibliophiles. This book is a celebration to what means being an Indian and unapologetic about it. Its really a heavy weight book .. not just in the number of pages but also the topics touched .. but it is delivered with such light hearted humor that felt is very impactful. It also sings an ode to the way things have turned out and are turning about every single day. Divisions between people. Loss of touch with ancient roots and customs. Modern generation and technology. No more joint family systems and even if there, the constant competition they are put into. Loved the book thoroughly. The main character in the book is Ma. This is the story with most of the mai