In many ways this is a traditional ‘will they, won't they’ story of two people fated to be together from birth. But a complicated web of family history bound up with the events of the 1971 civil war make the outcome uncertain right up to the last page. The difficulty of forming an honest and trusting relationship in a complex world is beautifully portrayed. And Karachi is as much a character in the book as Karim and Raheen's parents and friends.
