#LITEROMA Book Review :: "Gem of Filth" by Srijoy Mitra
** Thanks to our reviewer Chitranshu Mandhar for reviewing the book on behalf of Literoma. **
Genre: Dystopia/ Fiction/ Young-Adult
Review:
The novella is a continuation of the author’s previous book Golden Wings. Having read the first book, I was expecting more from the second part of the series. The first half of the book is a bit slow but it gradually speeds up as the story moves forward. Though it is a piece of fiction the incidents depicted in the book closely resembles the struggle of surviving in the harsh world by a lone child. The author has beautifully represented a man’s need for belongingness to a group.
For Ani, the boy from the concrete world, survival is difficult as he doesn’t know the rules of the slum. He is mocked, made fun of, beaten but he learns and survives. He learns about the basics of gardening (yes he is from the concrete world and doesn’t know what seeds are and how to grow a plant) and when he realizes that he needs his green zone for comfort and food he started clearing the river, and later many other join him in this endeavour.
Though the author has not revealed several things like why few people started helping Ani, the boy from the concrete world, in creating his garden, why his parents didn’t raise questions when he comes home bruised, etc. I guess there might be another part in the series which will answer all questions which are left unanswered in “Gem of Filth”.
Can a boy from the concrete world live beyond the wall? Can he create a gem in the filth or he is the gem in filth? It depends on how you chose to see after reading the book!
Overall Rating: 3/5
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Genre: Dystopia/ Fiction/ Young-Adult
Review:
The novella is a continuation of the author’s previous book Golden Wings. Having read the first book, I was expecting more from the second part of the series. The first half of the book is a bit slow but it gradually speeds up as the story moves forward. Though it is a piece of fiction the incidents depicted in the book closely resembles the struggle of surviving in the harsh world by a lone child. The author has beautifully represented a man’s need for belongingness to a group.
For Ani, the boy from the concrete world, survival is difficult as he doesn’t know the rules of the slum. He is mocked, made fun of, beaten but he learns and survives. He learns about the basics of gardening (yes he is from the concrete world and doesn’t know what seeds are and how to grow a plant) and when he realizes that he needs his green zone for comfort and food he started clearing the river, and later many other join him in this endeavour.
Though the author has not revealed several things like why few people started helping Ani, the boy from the concrete world, in creating his garden, why his parents didn’t raise questions when he comes home bruised, etc. I guess there might be another part in the series which will answer all questions which are left unanswered in “Gem of Filth”.
Can a boy from the concrete world live beyond the wall? Can he create a gem in the filth or he is the gem in filth? It depends on how you chose to see after reading the book!
Overall Rating: 3/5
All the Literoma reviews are available at our page:-
https://literomagroup.blogspot.com/
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