Age of Vice

I despise this book. The writing is so bad and i don't understand why it was written like this. I could not get through this book. I had to DNF the book because of the writing style.

If this was fantasy, it'd seem like “grimdark” would fit, but this is just bleak drama. 

A sweeping and ambitious story of power and corruption in India that failed to impress. There was a lot of potential, the plot was exciting and the multiple POVs helped build up the mystery around the Wadia family. I could see this easily transformed into a TV show.

Unfortunately the execution was rough, it was repeatitive and filled with backstories for minor characters. The book is split into 5 different parts with each part focusing on different characters. In parts 1 - 3 we're introduced to our main characters Ajay, Neda, and Sunny and cover the same pivotal events from their perspective. Each perspective revealed more about the criminal Wadia empire, but covering the same events multiple times felt very repeatitive. Before we reach the conculsion to the events set in motion in the first half of the book, we're introduced to minor characters and get their entire backstory. Backstory is not a replacement for character development. Honestly I could have skipped half the book and been fine. 

I should have DNF'd this but my desire to complete a book over 500 pages was too strong. 

I just need someone to explain the last like third of the book to me? Maybe I just like was reading too fast, and now upon reading reviews I realize the end was because it's going to be a trilogy but I genuinely am so lost?

Apparently this is the first in a trilogy, will definitely read/listen to the next one! The audiobook was very well-acted. Also I love this book cover

3.5 and I'm not entirely sure what I just read.