I enjoyed the whole book except the ending. Since I followed Lakshmi through her whole journey I would have like to have seen a different ending. I would have wanted to have more closure on what happened to Lakshmi after she was rescued. It left me hanging on whether she went to America or back to her mother. I also would have liked to learn what happened to the other women at the brothel. Were they saved? Did they run away from the Americans? The ending left many unanswered question in my mind. I think the author ended it this was just to make it a happy ending but I wanted more. Even if it was just an epilogue it could have added more to the happy ending. Another solution could be if the author would write a second novel following Lakshmi
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He tells her she has to tell them that she is his wife and even though she doesn't understand why she agrees. “It is all so confusing. I am afraid of this man. But I also feel grateful that he will protect me from the and border men with guns”(64). This point of the story was especially disheartening because Lakshmi trusts the man she is with and doesn't question his actions. It is interesting to wonder about what would have happened if Lakshmi figured out what was going on before it was too late. Would the border patrol have believed Lakshmi if she said she wasn't married to him? Would they have saved her? There is no way to know the answers to these questions but this was a pivotal moment of the story. It showed how trusting she was at the beginning of the novel and thought that all adults were there to protect her. At this point she has to pick between which group of people to believe. She has to pick between the man she is with now and the group of men with guns. Of course she isn't going to trust the men with the guns because she is more afraid of them than just because they have guns. Perhaps she would have trusted them if they were not carrying around
He tells her she has to tell them that she is his wife and even though she doesn't understand why she agrees. “It is all so confusing. I am afraid of this man. But I also feel grateful that he will protect me from the and border men with guns”(64). This point of the story was especially disheartening because Lakshmi trusts the man she is with and doesn't question his actions. It is interesting to wonder about what would have happened if Lakshmi figured out what was going on before it was too late. Would the border patrol have believed Lakshmi if she said she wasn't married to him? Would they have saved her? There is no way to know the answers to these questions but this was a pivotal moment of the story. It showed how trusting she was at the beginning of the novel and thought that all adults were there to protect her. At this point she has to pick between which group of people to believe. She has to pick between the man she is with now and the group of men with guns. Of course she isn't going to trust the men with the guns because she is more afraid of them than just because they have guns. Perhaps she would have trusted them if they were not carrying around