Reviews

Arresting God in Kathmandu by Samrat Upadhyay

aditiiiii_b's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

katrin_loves_books's review

reflective

3.0

annieg's review

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Enjoyable, easy read, would read other short stories, could feel the rich Nepali's in it

stasibabi's review

fast-paced

4.0

biblioash01's review

2.0

The struggle is real.

benjana's review

Please save yourself!!!

hanntastic's review

2.0

Global Read 123: Nepal

These short stories were fine. I felt the author was relying somewhat on existing tropes and most of the characters were not three dimensional. There was a lot of repetition and older men lusting after inappropriate younger women. None of the stories had any resolution, which is fine, but in this case felt like a cop-out.

lakemoonlo's review

3.0

It was very nice to return to Kathmandu in these stories. They are well written and observe loads of societal issues. Sometimes they felt unfinished to me.

rajani_tries_to_read's review

I read this book so long ago, I do not remember much. All I remember is that I did not care for it much. Although I do think that it was because of the adult theme, and I was too young to appreciate it. I remember mostly feeling scandalized while reading this book. I was quite a prude then. I think this book deserve a second read.

angelatm's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25