Helpful Score: 6
A nice look into the time when India was a British colony. The book looks into the lives of three women traveling thru India and their struggles to adjust. The beginning of the book is quite intriguing at the beginning. I think it was a little dragged out and could've been shortened with unneeded detail but overall is a good read. I enjoyed the parts involving the character Tor. The book concentrates on the story of Viva. Rose's story is a bit depressing especially for such a likable character. Overall a good read.
Helpful Score: 6
Not bad: Very "Great Gatsby-ish", but lacking a structured story line. Character development is full and deeply engaging, but the story lacks a build up and a climax - unless you want to call the opening of the truck the climax; if that is the case, the exploration of how that affects Viva is shallow and disappointing, as if the author just tried to hurry and finish the book. Worth a read, but don't expect any earth shuddering revelations.
Helpful Score: 4
Very good, longer read. I read in approximately 14 hours. A little history, a little love. The author put out some very recognizable Indian culture. There was a strong sense of romance-but nothing repulsive or smutty, and finding "home". Like-able characters.
Helpful Score: 2
Great story set in the waning colonial days of British India. The three main female characters, Rose, Victoria, and Viva, are three young Englishwomen who travel to India looking for love, adventure, and in Viva's case, a job. I really got caught up in the story and had a hard time putting this book down.
Helpful Score: 2
This is a book everyone can enjoy, the story in 1928 of three women who travel to India, one to wed a man she hardly knows. They try to take care of each other and of themselves and struggle with the lack of rights women had at that time and the dangers they had to face in India.
