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cepbreed's review
emotional
hopeful
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
Maud Martha. I felt for her so deeply throughout this entire book. I love the idea of an ordinary existence. A quiet life is still a life and thus filled trials and tribulations. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Maud Martha through all the ordinariness she endured. Her internal struggle with comparison and jealousy, her husband, her beautiful daughter. They all felt so real to me. Gwendolyn Brooks has such a wonderful way of writing. It is so evident this was written by a poet and I enjoyed every line.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Racism
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