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4.52 AVERAGE
4.52 AVERAGE
inspiring
medium-paced
Couldn’t get past chapter 3. The lyricism/poeticism didn’t really engage me. It’s her memoir and I won’t critique her writing style or her way of telling her story. It’s clear that she has a lot of poignant moments, unhappy memories and trauma that inform her life, and her obvious disdain. Some of the historical information is quite good. Unfortunately I just wasn’t interested in hearing her story. Perhaps because I’ve lived parts of it somewhat myself, in a similar manner, although quite removed; chosen, not forced or coerced. Maybe I’ll have more patience some other time.
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
This book made me cry a lot, happy, proud, sad and everything in between. The prose and storytelling were so captivating. Reading stories like this one is why I read.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
reflective
This is difficult to rate. I think Sinclair is a great writer and I think that this is a great memoir, but it took a while for me to get into it. After hour four or so, I was hooked.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Sinclair offers an inside look at Rasta life, in such a beautiful way that you are inside this family with her bearing witness to her upbringing. Hers is a very compelling story, and it's so important for us to hear each other's stories.
I think this book will also resonate with others who have and/or had complex relationships with fathers, esp if you're also an immigrant.
I think this book will also resonate with others who have and/or had complex relationships with fathers, esp if you're also an immigrant.