Reviews with content warning for Slavery - 13 Ans, 10000 Roupies

This is an absolutely heartwrenching story about a young girl from Napal who is sold into sex slavery. It's told in the form of various poems. It was a really eye-opening story about a horrible topic. It was painful to read about the experiences of this young girl and others like her.

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challenging emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

Read for Young Adult Literature.

This was not an enjoyable book by any standard. Was it good? Maybe, I guess. It brings awareness to a serious issue, although the medium in which it does so feels very odd to me. A “Young Adult” book this graphic is not appropriate for most people in the target age range. Surely there are some, maybe even many, teens who would be able to handle this book, but not enough to justify the book’s label. It’s good to bring awareness and talk about these issues to young adults — but that’s it. There’s no need to throw them into the thick of it. It puts unnecessary stress and anxiety onto them. Furthermore, as a teacher of English and literature, my job is to help young people fall in love with reading, and this book may just do the opposite.

This book is fine for adults and above, but not for an audience younger than that. I cannot recommend this book to its target audience in good conscience.

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