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A review by daniellestarredpages
Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions by Nalo Hopkinson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Unfortunately, I DNFed this collection.
I found myself uninterested in most of the stories. And then the few stories I read that included a version of Jamaican Patwa/Patois, I wasn't a fan of the way Hopkins wrote the dialect. I think Hopkins had too much Standard English in the dialogue that was supposed to be Patwa and it felt very inauthentic.
I found myself uninterested in most of the stories. And then the few stories I read that included a version of Jamaican Patwa/Patois, I wasn't a fan of the way Hopkins wrote the dialect. I think Hopkins had too much Standard English in the dialogue that was supposed to be Patwa and it felt very inauthentic.