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Butter Honey Pig Bread
by francesca ekwuyasi
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The story in this book is told from three perspectives: a mother and her twin daughters. They have very distinct voices and even when they talk about similar things happening in their lives, you can still tell whose perspective you're getting and roughly where you are in time and space. In the audio book, each part starts with a name, so it's easy to keep track. I assume the names are chapter headings in the eyeball version.
All three women are grappling with some things which happened between them and to each on their own. We are circling around these issues, as the women do in their effort to come to terms, by revisiting them through different eyes and at different times in their lives. Kambirinachi's story provides the context of the family and what has come before.
The letters which Taiye writes to Kehinde are an interesting tool to bring us back in time and observe what was going through Taiye's mind at different times in her life while living separate from Kehinde. In the end, the letters were not really mentioned anymore after a somewhat unsatisfying conversation about them. I felt like I'd been kept dangling a bit there. Other than that, I thought this story was told in a nuanced and interesting way. The ending of this book - simultaneously the beginning of a new chapter in this family's lives - was slightly unexpected, but not surprising seeing what I learned about this family throughout the book.
All three women are grappling with some things which happened between them and to each on their own. We are circling around these issues, as the women do in their effort to come to terms, by revisiting them through different eyes and at different times in their lives. Kambirinachi's story provides the context of the family and what has come before.
The letters which Taiye writes to Kehinde are an interesting tool to bring us back in time and observe what was going through Taiye's mind at different times in her life while living separate from Kehinde. In the end, the letters were not really mentioned anymore after a somewhat unsatisfying conversation about them. I felt like I'd been kept dangling a bit there. Other than that, I thought this story was told in a nuanced and interesting way. The ending of this book - simultaneously the beginning of a new chapter in this family's lives - was slightly unexpected, but not surprising seeing what I learned about this family throughout the book.