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Ayiti by Roxane Gay

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cheap_and_cheerful's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

4.0

strawbrey's review against another edition

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2.5

alisonburnis's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

This little collection of stories about the Haitian diaspora is fresh and interesting, though not always a slam dunk. Gay’s writing is beautiful and she does incredible things with setting scenes, though she sometimes goes too far with being spare in her scenes and so they don’t have the impact they could have had. But this is a really lovely collection, spanning all kinds of experiences and memories, and really gets into the beauty and pain of loving, leaving, and struggling.

humblej's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

siobhans_shelf's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

thepamz's review against another edition

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5.0

Este libro es una compilación de cuentos muy cortos pero poderosos sobre mujeres haitianas o de ascendencia haitiana que me dejó fría. Está poético y político y crudo a la vez y se los recomiendo muchísimo