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serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Blue is a lush piece of contemplative literary fiction. An unnamed narrator is travelling alone from Miami to Port-au-Prince, and as she waits in the airport her mind wanders - to her life, the women in it, her homeland and her conflicted feelings about it. She mulls over some difficult subjects such as the way poverty impacts women, but because these issues are not being experienced in the moment, and because the language is so beautiful, almost poetic, it doesn't come across as a dark or heavy. It's a book that you'll read for the vibes, the language, and the imagery, rather than the plot or character development. I listened to the audio, which I recommend, but I would have loved to have a physical copy to read along with while I listened.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Violence
jennikreads's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Dementia
honeyvoiced's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Misogyny
Moderate: Child death and Chronic illness
Minor: War
thewordsdevourer's review
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.25
Prophète's Blue has technically great writing peppered with moments of gorgeousness and brilliance; its illustrations of women's fraught lives mired by inequality and sexism are very relatable; and I was delightfully surprised by the mentions of Les Cayes. Unfortunately, the sum of it can't make this reflective read any less obfuscating in story or less winding in its ruminations.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Child death, Violence, Chronic illness, and Death
Minor: Sexual content and War
bookishcori's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This slim Haitian book transcends genres.
You’ll be pulled in with vivid imagery, meeting our unnamed narrator in a Miami airport. You’ll travel through her mind via a stream of consciousness, with glimpses into a poetic and emotional story about the women in her family. You’ll see grief, loss, suffocating silence, servitude, dreams, coffee, different paths taken, exile, the push and pull of home. You’ll realize this isn’t a straightforward story, but you’ll feel its power nonetheless.
When you close the final page, you’ll wrap your hands around a warm mug of coffee and send gratitude to the universe for the journey its pages brought.
You’ll be pulled in with vivid imagery, meeting our unnamed narrator in a Miami airport. You’ll travel through her mind via a stream of consciousness, with glimpses into a poetic and emotional story about the women in her family. You’ll see grief, loss, suffocating silence, servitude, dreams, coffee, different paths taken, exile, the push and pull of home. You’ll realize this isn’t a straightforward story, but you’ll feel its power nonetheless.
When you close the final page, you’ll wrap your hands around a warm mug of coffee and send gratitude to the universe for the journey its pages brought.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, and Death
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