The White Tiger

Kathy Miller
Apr 8, 2023
1 min read

Updated: Aug 30, 2025

Aravind Adiga, 2008 date read: 4/7/23

[Spoiler] Indian society is awful, and the only way to move up is murder and theft.[/Spoiler]

[Gross] there's a scene where every surface is covered with cockroaches.[/Gross]

Looking up an image for this post, I learnt there is a movie for this book, which I definitely want to watch. I ate this book up in just one day. I can't say I enjoyed it, but I couldnt put it down. Indian society is awful Jesus Christ!! Never been so glad to be American.

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