Haley’s Reviews > The Henna Artist > Status Update

So I looked at reviews-- hard not to notice that a lot of the reviews are written by Indians. It is perhaps obvious that while the author is Indian, she did not grow up in India. My basic knowledge of the place and time seem to also be more than hers...also, these characters all blend together.

I am worried that this book is neither plot nor character driven, but rather author driven and comes off as pandering. And I may not be an expect but I don't think people are just going around getting henna on the daily as this book seems to imply.