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lynnbettencourt's review against another edition
3.0
Book of the Month read: Took a while to get into. It was an interesting story.
rmclark25's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars! Cute well-written story that I flew through
jaeneaux'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I was very underwhelmed. This book relied heavily on tropes that are tired and played out. So many characters were pointless (Xavier, The gangsters, Midnight’s aunt). Midnight was unrealistic.
I did enjoy the themes of motherhood, love, and sacrifice. I also enjoyed the opportunity to explore moral dilemmas and the effects they have on our decision making.
I did enjoy the themes of motherhood, love, and sacrifice. I also enjoyed the opportunity to explore moral dilemmas and the effects they have on our decision making.
readingwithlexie's review against another edition
4.0
The Kindest Lie was a good book. This book really makes you think a reevaluate the way that you look at your life now and they choices/mistakes you made in the past. We follow a young black woman in Chicago at the time when Obama became president of the United States. She is going to start a family with her husband but before she can do that she is forced to come to terms with things from her past. She had a baby at seventeen and that baby was given up, but she has no details and cannot stop thinking of this baby. She is drawn home to find information and in the process finds more than she wants and makes a new friend in a little boy who is struggling in his own ways. Throughout the book we learn what secrets the town and the people living in it is hiding. We learned what happened to her child who is now eleven. We learn what life Midnight (the young boy) has lived and how things change for him. The biggest thing we learn though is that you cannot live in the past. Everything that has happened and every choice that you have made in your life has brought you to where you are today. You cannot take them back and you cannot change them. The best way to live is to move forward and try to change for the better. Living in the past will only bring you down. I loved the lessons this book provides because we all know we have those things that we regret but watching these characters move on and grow shows us that we can too. We can become better people and make our futures what we want, we just have to work hard and sometimes make those hard choices.
lil_wavy_'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
First completed book for March 🤗. This book really had me emotional for a bit even though I’m not a mom lmao. This book is written in two pov of the main characters in this book if you like those type of books. I honestly didn’t care for Midnight (one of the mc) in this story, he slowed my interest in the plot as I was reading this book 💀. This is a messy book, I can’t lie so if you really want a quick read that is messy, then this one will jump straight in to it 🤭.
Quick brief: Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. He's eager to start a family, but Ruth is uncertain. She ends up telling her husband that she gave birth to a son when she was 17 years old in high school. She asks her grandmother what happened to her child after she gave birth and this leads up to her journey in the search for finding her son who lives in her hometown.
TW: racism, class, race, poverty, teenage pregnancy, adoption
Rate: 6/10
Quick brief: Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. He's eager to start a family, but Ruth is uncertain. She ends up telling her husband that she gave birth to a son when she was 17 years old in high school. She asks her grandmother what happened to her child after she gave birth and this leads up to her journey in the search for finding her son who lives in her hometown.
TW: racism, class, race, poverty, teenage pregnancy, adoption
Rate: 6/10
_lalabear's review against another edition
Started out good but became confusing and not interesting at 40%