Reviews - Der heilige King Kong

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Der heilige King Kong

James McBride

4.14 AVERAGE

sheawatts87's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

countofpoictesme's review against another edition

4.25

hopeful 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

buddha_chic's review against another edition

3.0

James McBride is a storyteller with a point to make, and I really appreciate that he delivers his antiracist and antibigotry messages through a cast of characters. Sportcoat is struggling with grief and loss in his impoverished community. He turns to alcohol to cope, and also unwittingly sets a course of events into motion that is sad, uplifting and humorous - depending on my mood as the reader. This is a story of survival through systemic racism and overcoming tragedy by coming together. My recommendation is to space apart the reading of two of his novels, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store and Deacon King Kong, as they are so thematically similar the story unfortunately felt repetitive in some ways. 3.5/5 stars.

minervareads's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

the_david_cooke's review against another edition

4.0

Love a good story well told

Great read. It took a little energy to work through the early part of the book. Once it got going, I couldn't put it down.