A review by kcup21
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

A slice of life story following the consequences of the decisions you make in life that shape your life. I loved seeing through a family’s perspective - like these events are all impacting the family members differently and seeing their reasoning and the action they take in response was really intriguing. Love Aubrey - what a sweet peach of a man. And Melody was a wonderful character to get to know - so full of vibrant confidence. It was also interesting to book end the family’s historical event ties to the Tulsa massacre and how impactful that was for the family generations later to 9/11 and knowing that it’s setting the characters up for more impact as they go about their lives with most of the members of the family now gone - the only two left being the only two who have not developed their bond as much as the others.