Book Review: The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
by Jenn-Seiler Patrick, Five Points West Regional Branch Library
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
Balli Kaur Jaswal
For the April BPL Diversity Reading Challenge, I picked a few books to read that I thought would be fun, one of them being The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal. This book follows Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirina, three sisters who have been guilted into a pilgrimage to their ancestral homeland per their mother’s last request. Jaswal makes sure that this “grief pilgrimage” isn’t too dark though—with mistakes and calamity following the sisters everywhere. Part mystery, comedy, disastrous travelogue, and social commentary, this book also has characters that grew on me as their history was revealed. All three siblings have secrets, struggles, and life-long grudges that they are dealing with alone throughout the book until they can’t anymore. Definitely a well-written book that I’d recommend for a variety of readers who are interested in the various genres listed above.
Balli Kaur Jaswal
For the April BPL Diversity Reading Challenge, I picked a few books to read that I thought would be fun, one of them being The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal. This book follows Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirina, three sisters who have been guilted into a pilgrimage to their ancestral homeland per their mother’s last request. Jaswal makes sure that this “grief pilgrimage” isn’t too dark though—with mistakes and calamity following the sisters everywhere. Part mystery, comedy, disastrous travelogue, and social commentary, this book also has characters that grew on me as their history was revealed. All three siblings have secrets, struggles, and life-long grudges that they are dealing with alone throughout the book until they can’t anymore. Definitely a well-written book that I’d recommend for a variety of readers who are interested in the various genres listed above.
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