GG reviewed Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
Completely changes from great to terrible 1/3 of the way in
2 stars
In the first 1/3 or so of this book, I was ALL-IN. A Slumdog Millionaire-type story of a kid who uses his wits and generous spirit to take advantage of any small bit of luck that comes his way. But then the narrator’s perspective shifts, and by the time we got to Neda’s story, I was just bored. The heavy-handed morality also got to me — I don’t drink or use drugs, but the piling on of alcohol as a signifier for all social ills got very tiresome. So, too, did the non-stop, unnecessary violence. It basically turns into a gangster drama that isn’t particularly interesting. 2 stars for the first 1/3.