PositiveAsian Review of BooksWhen Mary is Roy’s total focus, the writing feels electric ... Part of what makes Mother Mary Comes To Me such a successful narrative is the grit and depth of the subject, Mary Roy ... It is the love, always mercurial, between the two of them that suspends the narrative, well supplemented with a wide array of side-characters ... Despite the book’s many strengths, there are times when the narrative gets lost within itself. Scenes are repeated…thus dissolving the possibility of any tension ... Yet the charm of Roy’s writing overrides any such misgivings ... A victory lap ... A beautiful peek into a fascinating person, told with Arundhati Roy’s customary whimsy ... The memoir is a treasure for those who are fans of Roy, and an intensely readable, charming introduction for those unfamiliar with her work.
PositiveAsian Review of BooksMoody and cinematic ... Mundane scenes are peppered with sharp insights, and readers are treated to exquisite sentences ... More questions are asked than answered, and the chapters that spend words on a setup often withhold any resolution. The narrative gaps created by this structure leave the reader suspended in uncertainty ... Quiet and moving ... In its greatest moments, it seizes the characters with accountability.
RaveAsian Review of BooksDestabilises the notions of what a disabled body can and cannot do, both socially and for herself ... These moments are so delicately balanced between pleasure and lust that they effortlessly merge with the rest of the novella to create a richer story with darkly comic and compelling characters.
