A review by bookreviewswithkb
Habitations by Sheila Sundar

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

what a debut 😮‍💨
thank you to @simonbooks for the review copy!

this novel has such emotional depth - i could sense the pain and grief and melancholy the main character experiences, through Sundar’s writing of inexplicable emotions. the sensation and experience of not being able to be settled because of the unsettling of grief, and loss. the fractured self we are left with when we do not have security in our own safety 

such a strong coming-of-age novel featuring the challenges of immigration, of not being able to find a sense of home, of familial relationships and all the explorations of love. i highly recommend this one

“i just mean that, any good memories from when i was a child are irrelevant. because when i think of them, i know that there is this terrible thing coming. and i want to scream and warn my former self.”
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