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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Amazing storytelling. Europe told through the eyes of popularly unknown icons of African descent. This book has illuminated them to me for which I thank Bernardine Evaristo. I'm looking forward to reread it.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Soul Tourists by Bernardine Evaristo
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars
Stanley Williams wonders whether there's more to life than his daily nine-to-five grind. One night, he meets Jessie. She swoops Stanley out of his soulless life and off on a rollercoaster road trip across Europe.
This is the first time I have not given 5⭐️ to a Bernardine Evaristo book. It is not the book's fault; the writing is stunning and flawless, as expected from this author, and the variations in writing style were just fine, but this one was too heavy on the poetry too often for *my* liking. Goodness knows I loved the free-form verse in Girl, Woman, Other, but this was all lot.
I loved the historical aspects of the story; I probably enjoyed the ghosts more than I did Stanley and Jessie, the two main characters, whose relationship really got on my nerves in the end.
I realised that I am so glad that my introduction to Bernardine Evaristo was Manifesto, then Mr Loverman and Girl, Woman, Other. If Soul Tourists had been the first book I'd read by her, I doubt I would have fallen in love with her writing the way that I have.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars
Stanley Williams wonders whether there's more to life than his daily nine-to-five grind. One night, he meets Jessie. She swoops Stanley out of his soulless life and off on a rollercoaster road trip across Europe.
This is the first time I have not given 5⭐️ to a Bernardine Evaristo book. It is not the book's fault; the writing is stunning and flawless, as expected from this author, and the variations in writing style were just fine, but this one was too heavy on the poetry too often for *my* liking. Goodness knows I loved the free-form verse in Girl, Woman, Other, but this was all lot.
I loved the historical aspects of the story; I probably enjoyed the ghosts more than I did Stanley and Jessie, the two main characters, whose relationship really got on my nerves in the end.
I realised that I am so glad that my introduction to Bernardine Evaristo was Manifesto, then Mr Loverman and Girl, Woman, Other. If Soul Tourists had been the first book I'd read by her, I doubt I would have fallen in love with her writing the way that I have.
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Though slow to get going, it turned out to be a fun historical lesson/speculation.
In the audio version, the back-and-forth perspective shifts kept the pace punchy.
In the audio version, the back-and-forth perspective shifts kept the pace punchy.
Hard to follow with lots of narrators. I think it would be a better book if I physically read it
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes