A review by carly25
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

adventurous challenging funny fast-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? No

4.5

A story about black America that’s not written for a white audience or the “white gaze”. I liked the way the narrator talks about people sometimes by name as though they’re strangers and other times by their familial relation. It kept an interesting distance although she was a protagonist.
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