A review by thewakeless
Meridian by Alice Walker

1.0

 Brutal. Just absolutely and seaselessly brutal. It's a book where terrible things happen to people, over and over again. It's a book full of tension and contention and so many ungrieved losses. An uncomfortable read, but as Alice was part of the Civil Rights movement during this time, then I think there must be a lot of truth on it. It's pretty pathetic that I am squeamish to the fiction when people like her had to live with the actuality. The writing is impactful, beautiful and haunting at times, but honestly this was an unplesant read and I don't think I could stomach another of her books.