Reviews - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

3.9 AVERAGE

sarahc26's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

Multiple perspective historical fiction about the diverse characters in a small Pennsylvanian town that builds to a satisfying ending. Definitely some dark/difficult topics are touched, including institutionalization, blatant racism and antisemitism, and (mostly brief or “off-screen”) incidents of violence. However, it is ultimately a story about community coming together, despite their personal histories, personalities, and all the others reasons they have not to. It’s the first novel I’ve read by this author but looking forward to more!

Content Warnings

addie821's review against another edition

3.5

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

athereaderofbooks's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 26%

No real plot. Anti Lithuanian rhetoric. Too many characters.

moonpeach's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hervin98's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mgbelland's review against another edition

3.0

Good. Just plain old fine. Very slow in the beginning and for a good 2/3 of the book. Timelines were a little hard to follow, but I enjoyed the different perspectives of each community.