Book review 📚✨

 Book review✨📚

⭐My rating - 4/5⭐

The story revolves around Shanti and her male clan. She is married into a typical family that immensely believes in God and other superstitions.

The author blankets reality with humour, making the reader smirk while acknowledging the many bitter truths. He uses sardonic innuendoes, 

and makes a prominent statement on the disposition of priests by regarding their duties as to “eat voraciously and sport religious pot bellies”. Also, 

there is irony harboured by patriarchate, where they worship goddess Laxmi, but are unenthusiastic about the birth of the three daughters,because of her constant focus on her son, Arihan, whom she wants to be the vehicle of revenge against the tyrant men who have oppressed her. 

The book critiques gender roles and the wight of expectations they carry. Though women are the more suppressed lot, men do not escape the patriarchal exploitation either, and this is beautifully portrayed in the book.

She lives in a big family with her Husband - Rampal, his father Ramdas, mother Rampyari and his brother Ramprasad. They are all waiting for a Rama, a male child from Shanti's womb. 

Shanti is in a long time struggle living with these male clan, sacrificing her life. . 

In the absence of parental love and attention, the girls each choose their own paths, of feminism, devotion,and egotism. However, Shanta can’t be blamed entirely for such ignorance, the mockery of being a ‘girl factory’ finally took off of her. 

This book is a fresh read and eccentric, with breezy language and comical undertones, the book surely is an uncommon, fresh take on gender, patriarchy, society, and everything in between.

 Readers who resonate with the qualities mentioned will definitely find the book worthwhile.