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“In my village, it is said that when Kans the demon strikes a little girl at birth and kills her, that little girl floats up into the heavens and becomes thunder herself. Demons struck me down so I became thunder for the others. I don‘t see myself as a good person, but I‘m not a criminal either. All I did was do to men what they had done to me.”

An excellent introduction to the remarkable life of the Bandit Queen.

#bookmail! Can‘t wait to try Boulder. So excited to do Another Year of Wonder in 2024 (did Year of Wonder a few years back and it was wonderful). And I‘ve been wanting to learn more about Phoolan Devi ever since reading The Bandit Queens so looking forward to tagged graphic biography.

What a amazing, eye opening graphic novel, so interesting to learn about the Bandit Queen/Rebel Queen, and made me quite emotional towards the end, she had such a hard childhood/life. Read as part of the @bookriot #readharderchallenge2021 5/5

The graphic biography format didn‘t allow the story of Phoolan Devi‘s life to be as complex and filled out as it must have been but I found the story of this woman who rose from nothing to serve as a politician advocating for the under and I represented to be interesting for sure. Full review at https://booknaround.blogspot.com/2020/10/review-phoolan-devi-rebel-queen-by.html