Name: Honor
Rating: 4.365384615384615 (26 reviews)
ISBN: 9781616209957

Thrity Umrigar

"The story of two Indian women, one a victim of a brutal crime and the other an Americanized journalist returning to India to cover the story, and the courage they inspire in each other"--

Honor

Seher Mohsin

But then, I was not the wife of a God, just the wife of a good man.

painful to read; lots of tropes, too much painful exposition of the narrators inner thoughts 

Shohini Gupta

Ireland Compton

I bought the audiobook to listen to on my commute and let me tell you, the ending had me crying in the elevator on the way up to the office.

Thrity Umrigar is a beautiful writer and I enjoyed every minute of this book. It poignantly captures the main characters complicated relationship with her home country of India, and the country’s culture and customs as she works to tell the story of a woman horrifically maimed by her own brothers for marrying outside of her religion, while also incorporating humour and romance.

I would recommend this to anyone, and I think it would be a great read for a book club!

Katelyn Sykes

This is normally a book that I would not have chosen for myself. But it was on Reese’s book club and members on Goodreads had very positive feedback on it and it was available on hoopla so I gave it a chance. I am glad I did. Probably one of my favourite books this far. It was very graphic and tough to listen to at times, but I think it was necessary to portray some of the realities of India. 

Even if this isn’t a book you would normally listen to, I suggest you give it a chance. It did not disappoint.

Cheri McElroy

A heartbreaking story of two Indian women. Go into it without reading the synopsis, as it doesn’t do the story justifiée, and gives away a plot point that comes very late in the book. Beautifully written.

It’s hard to comment on this book because while the subject is really difficult and painful, the writer is really good and that makes it an easy read. 

I didn’t like the whole shes going to wind up with a desi boy at the end of it all. That whole thing bugs me a lot because of the whole return to India and discover your roots again thing.

The characters though were so well done. You could picture each and every one of them. 

It’s hard to comment on this book because while the subject is really difficult and painful, the writer is really good and that makes it an easy read. 

I didn’t like the whole shes going to wind up with a desi boy at the end of it all. That whole thing bugs me a lot because of the whole return to India and discover your roots again thing.

The characters though were so well done. You could picture each and every one of them. 

Honor

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