Review: Circumstances blamed for wrongs that were done
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2013
Over the years, I have read a fair number of books set in India and have visited the country. That being said, this story felt like it was set in the past although modern day technology was in evidence. The language may sound somewhat formal and stilted, but I have heard similar conversations in real life.The story was relatively simple in concept but the telling made it convoluted and more complicated than was easily understood. The plethora of foreign names initially made the storyline hard to follow.Family issues, justice/injustice, role of women and the caste system provided a backdrop for which Indian customs  added an exotic element. There were a handful of errors such as laying for lying, peel for peal, wrong gender for fiancée, etc. but these were tolerable.