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Violence
Barely any
Not a violent book
Language
A lot
Casual millennial profanity throughout; Kirkus quotes 'Because I am a trash person and a coward' as representative of the register
Sexual Content
A lot
Sneha's relationship with Marina and her other encounters are written frankly
Substance Use
A lot
Heavy social drinking, and reader-supplied content warnings include addiction within the friend group
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Childhood trauma Sneha has not processed, her parents' deportation and the isolation that follows, plus racism, xenophobia, and transphobia experienced by her and her friends
What this book is about
Sneha graduates into the post-2008 wreckage, takes a corporate consulting job, and holds together a fragile apartment, a fragile romance with a dancer named Marina, and a friendship group that keeps trying to be a commune. Kirkus, naming it a Best Book of 2022, calls it "resplendent with intelligence, wit, and feeling" and points to her parents' deportation to India, an employer withholding her wages, and unresolved childhood trauma. Deedi Reads lists content warnings for racism, xenophobia, transphobia, and addiction, and praises Mathews for letting Sneha be "young and imperfect and immature." Note: content-warning coverage for this title is thinner than for most books here — reviewers describe the queer relationships as frank but do not detail explicitness.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Racism, xenophobia, and transphobia
Addiction within the friend group
Content-warning data for this title was limited; sexual-content score is estimated
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