“What Mina Did” by Geeta Menon is a story about twenty-two year Mina, who moved to the US, to start a new life with her husband, after her mother’s death, to run away from her past demons and leave behind some twisted secrets.
Will she ever find peace? Or will she succumb to her internal conflicts?
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What started as an interesting plot, slowly lost track, and divulged into a confusing and unenthusiastic.
The relationship between Mina and her mother is portrayed very beautifully and piques one’s interest. But some of the portions of the book, which tries to paint a picture of how Indian society works turns out to be an enforcement of the already existing stereotyping which are so much more than a mere generalisation.
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The first few chapters of the book are worth reading but the latter part of the book failed to garner any kind of engrossment.
Overall, a book that promised a lot, but the diversion from the actual plot made the narration monotonous.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5
Genre: fiction, indian-literature
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