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This book was an amazing look at Indian culture and the history of the caste system and British imperialism without being too dull. The twin outlook was really intriguing as well--you never quite know what is going on!

Beautiful book. My first Pearl Buck, and I'm now a fan. The inciting action is that on her 40th birthday, Madame Wu informs her husband that she is getting him a concubine. She does this in order to retire from her duties as a wife. Her household is thrown out of balance due to this announcement, and the rest of the book goes from there. Many unexpected and beautiful musings about life, scholarship, beauty and faith. Here are some favorite quotes: "My faith? It is in space and in emptiness, in sun and stars, clouds and wind." p. 154 (as spoken by the Western monk) On the soul: "'It is that which we do not inherit from any other creature,'" he had said. 'It is that which gave me my own self, which shapes me a little different for all those who came before me, however like to them I am.' 'And if I do not believe in God?' 'It does not matter whether you believe or not,' he had answered, 'You can see for yourself that you are like no other in this world, and not only you, but the humblest and the least beautiful creature also has this precious residue. If you have it, you know it exists.'" p. 250 "No one can love his neighbor. Say rather, 'Know thy neighbor as thyself.' That is comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself." p. 270 And that is all I'll share on that. The quotes are rather onesided about faith. There is also plenty in this book about the complex nature of love and human relationships, and the novel is, all in all, a lovely read.

This was a very different take on the paranormal. Today, Kali D’Angelo is a hunter. Her prey is preternatural creatures…hellhounds, zombies, basilisks, dragons and their ilk. They are endangered species, but Kali hunts them because they kill humans. Today, Kali is not human, she is an indestructible killing machine. Tomorrow, however, she will be human and very destructible. For some reason, unknown to Kali, she is an inhuman killing machine one day, and the next day at dawn, she is human…and cycle keeps repeating itself. One day at school, Kali helps a girl who has been bitten by a chupacabra and it sets her on a path to find the answers she so desperately wants about who and what she is. I thought the writing was a little bit confusing and a bit rough around the edges, also the characters lacked depth…but aside from those 2 things the story was very engaging and was a very different take on the preternatural stories that currently flood the market. I have to give the author credit for not being a sentimentalist…she didn’t have any qualms about killing people off. And Kali had made it a point not to get close to people and she did a pretty good job of staying true to that throughout the book. The author did leave a lot of unanswered questions as well as a HUGE opening for a series to start. I would really like to see more of Kali, learn more about Zev, and see what the fibbies were going to offer. If JLB did start a series, I would dearly hope that the characters develop significantly more.

I remember that this is what everyone read in junior hs. I loved this series, so nerdy though..

ohhh it really changed my view to some points...if you believe in finidng your missing part,read it .it really helps to understand you are perfect just perfect,you dont need anyone to make you pure and a circle(!)