Max Kimmelman’s Reviews > Song of Kali > Status Update
Max Kimmelman
is on page 54 of 311
it feels like i’m in the middle of a slow build up to the main story, but i’m p uncomfortable with how much of the narrator/protagonist’s language is racially motivated and suggestive of stereotypes against india and its people. i’m holding out bc it feels like there could be a narrative purpose for it, but if it goes unchecked much longer, idk if i’ll be able to keep reading through it.
— Mar 24, 2025 10:05AM
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Max Kimmelman
is on page 186 of 311
simmons continues to highlight only repulsive things about calcutta, the people who live there, and hinduism, clearly not respecting any of them. when some characters admit similarity to western civ in decades past, he uses a character of indian descent to counter this and double down on the inherent evil of indian culture. feels gross to use a character like this to try to wash away racial prejudice.
— Mar 25, 2025 02:23PM
