Reviews

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

andrearuthelyn's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

zacheadams's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

It's fine. It's not gripping and the mystery is solved pretty easily.

sofsloth's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful

5.0

rhymeswithpurple's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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? No

4.0

librarian88's review against another edition

 dense with lots to keep track off and couldn’t focus. 

devon_stangland's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

swiftyuva's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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? No

4.0

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

deannamullican's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I wanted to love this. I liked it. 

It was a bit hard to get into. There are a lot of characters that were hard to keep track of and get to know. So much so that I never felt emotionally invested in any of them. 

The relationships between the people of Chicken Hill were an interesting dynamic. Fraught yet they depended on each other. They seemed to not want to acknowledge the ways the relied on each other. 

There wasn't much plot and it rambled in the details a bit. 

kathywadolowski's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5