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The subject matter makes this a tough book to review; it's horrifying, and you feel for Lakshmi. The writing is sparse and lovely, then sparse in a way that makes the reader fill in the horrendous blanks of what's going on between the words, so to speak.

The ending, though...it definitely has some "white savior" elements to it, and while I'm glad that there was an implied happy end in the horizon for Lakshmi, I wasn't 100% into the way it played out. Overall, a powerful read. 3.5/5 rounded up.