Kara's Reviews > Ten Incarnations of Rebellion: A Novel

** spoiler alert ** This was super great.

It is “…an alternate history that might have been had the British Empire’s freedom-suppressing tactics been more successfully employed in India…The novel takes place in a still-colonized 1960s version of Mumbai, rife with militarized restrictions and cultural repression, that has been renamed Kingston and bears only a passing resemblance to the city of today.”

I was worried that I’d miss a lot because I’m not as familiar with India’s history as I should be, and maybe I did, but this was still super interesting. I loved seeing the rebellion take shape from the perspective of our protagonist, Kalki, who is imperfect and compelling.

This is my second Vaishnavi Patel book, and I’m definitely a fan.

Thank you to Netgalley and Ballantine Books!