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Geeta's no-good husband disappeared five years ago. She didn't kill him, but everyone thinks she did--no matter how much she protests. But she soon discovers that being known as a "self-made" widow has some surprising perks. No one messes with her, no one threatens her, and no one tries to control (ahem, marry) her. It's even been good for her business; no one wants to risk getting on her bad side by not buying her jewelry. Freedom must look good on Geeta, because other women in the village have started asking for her help to get rid of their own no-good husbands...but not all of them are asking nicely. Now that Geeta's fearsome reputation has become a double-edged sword, she must decide how far to go to protect it, along with the life she's built. Because even the best-laid plans of would-be widows tend to go awry.
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041% dnf - strong fat-phobia that maybe has a pt to or gets resolved later but personally wasn’t interested in the story that much to care. The fat-phobia is very in your face! I think the idea of the plot line is great but didn’t think it was for me in the way it was written.
0Let me start by saying I can see how this book isn't for everybody. There were parts that I normally wouldn't be able to read due to the nature of what's happening - i.e. the mention of domestic violence and casual references to rape. I think listening to the audiobook and not reaching those moments into a certain point in the book definitely made it easier for me to push through and actually finish this book.
The Bandit Queens introduce us to Geeta, a widow of five years, that everybody assumes killed her husband because he disappeared without a clue and nobody has seen or heard from him in all this time. With this type of notoriety, she starts to have conversations with other ladies in her town that would like her help getting rid of their abusive, shitty husbands.
I was enjoying the interactions between the ladies until the mean girl best friend aspect happened. I thought it was a book about women supporting women but the backstabbing and manipulation just didn't help it stand out as something I want to even recommend to others as a group of friends supporting each other. The casual fat-shaming, the disdain between each other over a man...I just, it was a lot because it wasn't the friendly female supporting female friendship group story I wanted.
But that said, I didn't hate the book. I did finish it and it wasn't a completely horrible time. I just won't be going out of my way to recommend this debut to the people who trust my recs.
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