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A review by thechanelmuse
The Street by Ann Petry
5.0
I read The Street for the first time eight years ago after roaming through the classics section in my local library and saw the title on the spine. It stood out from the rest. The story has stuck always with me since then.
What gets me about this book is how it’s beautifully written with vivid language and flair yet heartbreakingly told as it progresses. The Street was written in 1946 yet continues to resonate with today's reality... The story seamlessly weaves character development, perspectives and flashbacks together as the story builds setting, suspense and tension; and you glide through spaces, rooms and streets by the turn of a page. Also, it's sensory. You can smell the street, hear the soundscape and feel the thickness in the air. Ann Petry was a hell of a writer.
What gets me about this book is how it’s beautifully written with vivid language and flair yet heartbreakingly told as it progresses. The Street was written in 1946 yet continues to resonate with today's reality... The story seamlessly weaves character development, perspectives and flashbacks together as the story builds setting, suspense and tension; and you glide through spaces, rooms and streets by the turn of a page. Also, it's sensory. You can smell the street, hear the soundscape and feel the thickness in the air. Ann Petry was a hell of a writer.