pickA historical thriller featuring an unlikely pair. William Avery, a dissatisfied yet unquestionably loyal soldier, is ordered to accompany & monitor Jeremiah Blake on a mission to track down a missing poet in India. Blake, a former member of the East India Company, has gone native & his reasons for agreeing to the mission are complicated. I really enjoyed this, the first in a trilogy. 👇
vivastory I found the narrative as compelling as the setting & the dynamic between Blake & Avery is fresh & unpredictable. I will definitely be reading more of the series. 6y
ApoptyGina69 I‘ve only read the first so far, but I have the next two. Can‘t wait!! 6y
vivastory @ApoptyGina69 don't you want to frame the covers? I love them! 6y
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LeahBergen I‘ve been curious about this series. 👍🏻 6y
ApoptyGina69 @vivastory I know! I‘m very pleased that I have the three in hardback with the beautiful dust jackets. #BlakeandAvery! 📚👍 6y
ApoptyGina69 @LeahBergen big thumbs up for vol. 1 for sure. Next 2 will@be read soon! 6y
RohitSawant Great review! I'm a bit torn about this. I'm sure I'd enjoy the suspenseful aspect, but having recently watched Dr. Tharoor's speech at the Oxford Union (after which I added his books on colonialism to my Wishlist) where he spoke of reparations, in sentiment as opposed to monetary, for colonial horrors, I don't know if I'm in the mindset for this anytime soon, even if it tells a good story w/o exoticizing/glorifying the era, does that make sense? 6y
vivastory @rohit-sawant It makes sense. It definitely doesn't glorify the era, in fact it is quite critical of it. I can see why you might want to wait 6y
RohitSawant @vivastory I'm hoping I'll like it as well when I do pick it up. Hope my previous comment didn't come across as putting a damper on your enjoyment of the book b/c that wasn't my intention! Tharoor's speech is still fresh, & I've been thinking a lot about representation & the western lens for an essay I'm tinkering with after watching Hari's Apu documentary & the want of diversity, even in my own work, so my reaction was tinged by it all. 6y