A review by mackreads324
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

This is the first book I read of Bennet and I really really liked this book. She approaches topics of racism, colorism, class, privilege etc through the juxtaposition of the two sisters and their "split" lives. I found myself wanting so badly for Stella to reach some moral conclusion or pivotal realization and regain a permanent relationship with her sister and her identity, but the fact that we didn't get that only further contributes to Bennetts' characters being so human: morally ambiguous, neither all bad or good, making decisions that are painful for us as readers but make sense when you take in the whole of the character.  

Only downside is I felt like I was reading too fast that all the time jumps were hard to keep track of.