melanieboyer 's review for:

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

3.0

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I had a hard time connecting with this book, and I think it was the writing. The formality of speech made it feel wooden and the characters seemed distant. Although emotional things were happening, there was a lack of emotion in the writing which made it difficult for me to really connect with the characters. He is saying some beautiful things about kindness and grace and humanity. I just didn't connect with the story.