Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Excellent, intense, funny and ultimately depressing..

I finish this book overwhelmed by wonderful writing about how misfits in several castes in India fare in their lives. The writing is excellent and stories woven intricately despite the tragic and depressing tone. It is Dickensian in nature but more riveting and when I finished I just felt overwhelmed by sadness and am planning on discussing this with my Indian friends--is it REALLY like that? REALLY?Not uplifting but certainly enlightening and a great read. Could hardly put it down. This is a book which you do not forget or dismiss.