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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-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
Made me cry. Family is hard!!
This book was beautiful. I didn’t want it to to end.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
This story grabbed me immediately. Wonderfully written with complex relationships and characters.
For book club. This was not on my radar at all, and I ended up enjoying it. It contains a lot of topics that would be considered difficult (incarceration of a parent, eating disorders, violence, physical/emotional/verbal abuse, runaway teenager, etc.), but doesn't dig too far into anything, making this a book that's easy to breeze through in spite of it all. It told a compelling story of a complicated family, but I probably will not retain it for much longer than it takes to discuss it. (Not to say it's forgettable, but I know me, and my brain is Swiss cheese.)
It took me some time to get into this story, but once I did, the realness of the relationships between women (mothers and daughters, aunts and nieces, sisters, friends) was both heart-breaking and joy-giving. The way Althea, Lillian, and Viola worked through their pain with each other, and how their stories impacted Baby Vi and Kim, and ultimately redeemed them gave me hope.