this story was.. damn good. painful, because the realities of the world we live in play a big and important part on the main plot, but also inspiring.

at first it was a little slow, but then, almost in a flash, everything started happening and didn't stop, not even in the epilogue. I couldn't stop reading, I needed to know what was going to happen. everything was getting messier and messier, and I have to point out the way comedy made its way in such a smooth and unpredictable way. there were jokes cracked in the middle of we're-going-to-die kind of tension moments, honestly that's one of my fav points in this book.

every character–every women, even the ones who didn't featured a lot of pages, had such a strong presence. I could remember all of them, their ideas, personalities, everything, wich is a lot to say bc I have such a bad memory when it comes to a big cast of characters.

it had on the edge of my seat, and I gotta say, regarding the women in the book–they are so.. ugh so amazing. like the book makes such a great job making you dislike, hate, like, hate again, okay-i-kind-of-like-her-again, maybe I even admire her like go girl. at the end of the day, all of them are trying to survive the best way they are permitted to do and you empathize a lot with their struggles and realities. the book makes lots of points regarding how this is a men's world and how women bent to their rules, beg for a scrap of "kindness" (more like fucking decency and basic needs). made me had to take a break from time to time, but yeah I loved it. honestly I didn't expect anything from it–just saying I simply started the book, and didn't thought much about what it would feature, it was such an unexpected and amazing surprise.

there a couple of cultural, political and religious themes that made me feel a little bit disoriented, since I'm not familiar with it, but I feel like this book just opened my eyes towards it. I even want to read more about poohlan davi, the actual bandit queen, who's existence–excuse my ignorance–i was unaware.