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A review by ttodd86
Cherry by Nico Walker
4.0
This is a difficult book to review. It is designated as work of fiction and, from that perspective, the story seemed to run a bit long. The opening lets you know where it is headed. The interactions with the various drug dealers and others, especially a bit long, tend to become a bit monotonous. This could obviously be intentional, reflecting the monotony and deterioration of the characters.
Recognizing that Walker's book, however, is likely at least semi-autobiographical, brings a different perspective and probably a more accurate lens through which to view the book. A think a biography would have made for a more powerful narrative and wish Walker would have taken that route. More than a generation of Americans, particularly those of little means, are being taken in by the American war machine and then vomited back out into the tragedy of our national opioid epidemic. We urgently need to understand this.
Recognizing that Walker's book, however, is likely at least semi-autobiographical, brings a different perspective and probably a more accurate lens through which to view the book. A think a biography would have made for a more powerful narrative and wish Walker would have taken that route. More than a generation of Americans, particularly those of little means, are being taken in by the American war machine and then vomited back out into the tragedy of our national opioid epidemic. We urgently need to understand this.