12.5k reviews for:

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

3.9 AVERAGE

jcdunn16's review against another edition

1.0

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Personally did not enjoy this book and almost did not finish it. If I wasn’t reading it as a part of a reading challenge, I probably would not have finished it. (I did walk away and read another book before finishing this one.) The book felt like it rambled and could benefit from a good editor who would cut down much of the text. It felt very disjointed and not something that I enjoyed as someone reading for pleasure. It felt very over hyped.

devonmallory's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

marisa_dyan's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

freudsbeard's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jemorse's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

erdallij's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kneitman_twip's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Xenophobia

samanthasimonsen's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

artbreakerbookclub's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

xmber's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes