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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Read this for school and I still enjoyed it which is impressive. Wish I could have read it outside of school first because having to constantly think about if I was missing examples of figurative language kinda ruined the story. I already know what a metaphor is, why do I have to write them all down?
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This novel explores the illusion that all Canadians enjoy the serenity of the true north strong and free. Scratch below the surface of multi-culturism and you find a Canada where immigrants and their children live “to let the world know you’re not nobody.” Where they “get by” against the almost insurmountable odds of racial profiling. Where young men of colour are threatened with a call to the police because they are eating hotdogs in a Seven 11. Where youngsters carry the burden of sacrifice their families have made for a better life. It is a powerful book that I highly recommend to anyone wanting to understand our home and native land.
3.5 stars
it’s a powerful and extremely timely book right now especially!
it shares the struggles of a younger sibling who lost his older brother do to a police shooting.
showing that Black peoples don’t just struggle with racism in the usa -this book is set in toronto- but that simply being Black makes life more difficult.
a couple of times copes where called by neighbors simply to complain.
it also shows that the fear of the police force is sadly also not USA made.
overall it was a well done story but i really struggled with the writing style.
it’s told in those back and forth of what’s happening now and then jumps back to the past and goes back and forth.
it could be that because it’s a novella and under 200 pages that i had issues with the back and forth because i felt as if there was never really the right amount of time spend in either timeline so that i could really get a feel of it all before we already moved on.
but i do think it’s a well plotted book overall and defiantly worth a read!
it’s a powerful and extremely timely book right now especially!
it shares the struggles of a younger sibling who lost his older brother do to a police shooting.
showing that Black peoples don’t just struggle with racism in the usa -this book is set in toronto- but that simply being Black makes life more difficult.
a couple of times copes where called by neighbors simply to complain.
it also shows that the fear of the police force is sadly also not USA made.
overall it was a well done story but i really struggled with the writing style.
it’s told in those back and forth of what’s happening now and then jumps back to the past and goes back and forth.
it could be that because it’s a novella and under 200 pages that i had issues with the back and forth because i felt as if there was never really the right amount of time spend in either timeline so that i could really get a feel of it all before we already moved on.
but i do think it’s a well plotted book overall and defiantly worth a read!
challenging
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4,5-5*
David Chariandy ens presenta la història d’una petita família, formada per una mare inmigrant i dos fills i les dificultats que tenen per passar desapercebuts en un barri complicat i una mica conflictiu.
En Michel és el germà petit, i ens narra la història recorrent el passat i el present alternativament, a través d’ell coneixem al seu germà Francis i a la seva mare, a més d’altres personatges que li donen vida a la història.
En una novel.la tan breu em sorprèn lo bé que tracta alguns temes l’autor, com el racisme, l’abús policial, el dol, les relacions familiars, les relacions d’amor i amistat, i ho fa d’una manera senzilla, però molt tendre.
“Germà” es una novel.la molt intensa, en poques pàgines Chariandy ens fa sentir molt, la història d’aquesta família és molt trista i està tan ben narrada, que és fa difícil parar de llegir.
Molt recomanat!
David Chariandy ens presenta la història d’una petita família, formada per una mare inmigrant i dos fills i les dificultats que tenen per passar desapercebuts en un barri complicat i una mica conflictiu.
En Michel és el germà petit, i ens narra la història recorrent el passat i el present alternativament, a través d’ell coneixem al seu germà Francis i a la seva mare, a més d’altres personatges que li donen vida a la història.
En una novel.la tan breu em sorprèn lo bé que tracta alguns temes l’autor, com el racisme, l’abús policial, el dol, les relacions familiars, les relacions d’amor i amistat, i ho fa d’una manera senzilla, però molt tendre.
“Germà” es una novel.la molt intensa, en poques pàgines Chariandy ens fa sentir molt, la història d’aquesta família és molt trista i està tan ben narrada, que és fa difícil parar de llegir.
Molt recomanat!
incredibly thought provoking and emotional. I just got a bit confused by the time jumps near the last half of the book & could’ve used about 30 more pages to help the ending come together more.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I like the book a lot but the passivism of protagonist kinda irritated me. Maybe he just wanted to focus on his brother’s life and memory but to me it kinda felt like he was just a shadow of his brother.