Eshayat

Chaat masala didn't solve my problems

4.5

I picked this up with 0 expectations, just wanted to read something that was set closer to home and oh man I was so pleasantly surprised.

The book somehow captured intertwining and complicated indian family dynamics over the years so well in 100 pages.

I'm not a big fan of open ended endings, it feels a bit lazy to me. I have enough uncertainty in life I don't want it in the books I read hahaha. Despite that, the style of writing still kept me hooked till the very end.

Man, everything about this book was absolute perfection - the dark humor, the characters, the cat. The ending had me in tears. Fuck to be loved the way Ove loved Sonja and the neighbors loved Ove.