![]() ![]() Plot-wise though, 5 to 1 is too simplistic for my taste. Her message is strong, her prose and verse compelling and beautiful. The way Bodger explores such a paradox is commendable. She makes what seem so distant grounded in the present, in reality. Yet 5 to 1 is truly a big deal Holly Bodger depicts India’s gender inequality through a futuristic lens. ![]() Mom, I’m just crying because I’m reading the most beautiful book since I read A Tale of Two Cities two years ago. That was a bad decision I had to explain to my entire family the tears streaming down my face while we were driving through Ohio. I read this novel over spring break while I was on the car. This novel is told from alternating points of view ― Sudasa’s in verse and Kiran’s in prose ― rendering readers speechless by painting a story of pain, beauty, bravery, and ultimately, hope. However, as the tests progress, Sudasa and Kiran slowly realize that they just might want the same thing. Sudasa doesn’t want to be a wife though, and Kiran, a boy forced to compete to become her husband, has ulterior motives as well. They’ve also instituted a series of tests so that every boy has a chance to “win” a wife. Tired of marry their daughters off, some women form the country of Koyanagar. In other words, women are now even more valuable commodities than before. It’s 2054, and after decades of gender selection, India’s boy to girl ratio is now five to one. ![]()
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