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Sera
Jul 13, 2017 rated it liked it
I was slightly disappointed by this book. I had high expectations when reading it, and I found it difficult to get through at times. I found the writing style, or more specifically the writer's voice, to be uneven, ranging from pure narrative to extremely lyrical. As much as it pains me to say this, I found the lyrical prose to be very extreme, to the point where I found that it distracted from the story.

I did enjoy reading the story itself. It's about fraternal twins growing up in India while
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