(4.5)Arundhati Roy was able to create a beautiful, timeless tragedy that left you in a state of loss for something that was not yours. The story is told in a whimsical fashion jumping in time, held together by her poetic writing. At the beginning the seemingly sporadic time changes was off putting, but eventually flowed into the beautiful luscious story that it was. 
 At face value this book is about The Small Things, but the beauty of the book was the ever-present, unsaid Big Things. The questions of love,childhood, and class. The questions that left you breathless.