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saskiahill's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Rape, Racism, Stalking, and Drug use
seawarrior's review against another edition
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
In many ways, Silver Sparrow is a very unsettling novel. Yet it is also a fierce, heart-wrenching love story of a family told from the perspective of their youngest generation. Jones made me fall in love with the Yarboro and Witherspoon families, despite their many flaws and the knowledge that the existence of one of James' families would always threaten the other. Jones' prose was wise and biting, and her characterization was inspiringly precise. Every page in this book holds profound meaning for the people involved, and each scene that moved along the timeline of Dana and Chaurisse's lives was never without the higher purpose of showing us who these young women were growing into. The decision to switch between the girls' perspectives midway through the book was jarring at first, but eventually made the story even more poignant, as it was impossible for me to dislike Dana, Chaurisse, or their mothers. It was even difficult to not empathize with James or Raleigh. By the end of the book I felt devastated that these shared families could not forgive each other and find unity, but as Dana says, "some things were inevitable. You’d have to be a fool to think otherwise".
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual content, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, and Physical abuse
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