This was an amazing book, you hear stories of sex slavery and child molesting frequently, but not like this. It taught me that, our story is not about us, but the people we interact with. In storytelling, every book follows one or multiple main characters, and though it may be centered around one, it would be nothing without the rest. Lakshmi is the main character of the story and also the narrator, even though we know her most intimate thoughts, it's the people around that make the story as memorable as it is. She goes through many trails throughout the short period of time from when she first begins her period to when she is rescued by Americans from a sex slave house. In the beginning, she is dragged into human trafficking by a woman who promises her impoverished family money if she cleans for them in the city. This is how the story kicks off, with one interaction. As it continues, we see her mature within days, such as when she first finds out where the woman has taken her. It’s when she’s told to put on a silk gown and let a man rape her, she screams and bites the man, even though she can’t escape, she still tries and faces many consequences for doing so. Though the story follows her trials and tribulations, it is the supporting characters that make the story interesting. Even if it may be just a small character, they are what move the story along, and without them, you would have a story that has no meaning to it. The supporting characters help bring out fears, passions and the personality of other characters, they are vital in moving the story along. From the time that Lakshmi travels from the family hut in the mountains of Nepal to when she arrives in the city, she encounters many different people and an entirely new world that she has never seen before, we know this because as she moves around, there are different languages being spoken and new clothes she has never seen before. At one rest stop, the author foreshadows Lakshmi’s own story by creating a scene where a sex slave tries to run from her master and is beaten for doing so. No matter what the setting or story, it is the side characters that make it more interesting as well as move it forward.
In the beginning, she is dragged into human trafficking by a woman who promises her impoverished family money if she cleans for them in the city. This is how the story kicks off, with one interaction. As it continues, we see her mature within days, such as when she first finds out where the woman has taken her. It’s when she’s told to put on a silk gown and let a man rape her, she screams and bites the man, even though she can’t escape, she still tries and faces many consequences for doing so. Though the story follows her trials and tribulations, it is the supporting characters that make the story interesting. Even if it may be just a small character, they are what move the story along, and without them, you would have a story that has no meaning to it.
The supporting characters help bring out fears, passions and the personality of other characters, they are vital in moving the story along. From the time that Lakshmi travels from the family hut in the mountains of Nepal to when she arrives in the city, she encounters many different people and an entirely new world that she has never seen before, we know this because as she moves around, there are different languages being spoken and new clothes she has never seen before. At one rest stop, the author foreshadows Lakshmi’s own story by creating a scene where a sex slave tries to run from her master and is beaten for doing so. No matter what the setting or story, it is the side characters that make it more interesting as well as move it forward.