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A review by mergwenthur
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I really liked this book! it was so interesting to see how different the twin's lives turned out and how things ended.
I think though at times it was confusing. I really liked reading the different perspectives and experiences of each character but sometimes if you spent like 30 pages on one specific character, it was easy to forget small details of another character when their pov came back around. I noticed too that often the beginning of a chapter wasn't clear on who exactly I was reading about until other details came in so I think it would have been good to name each chapter with the name of the character.
the last chunk of chapters were particularly confusing because it had multiple character povs in each chapter. one paragraph on one character then the next on another. the time jumping forwards, backwards and in the present was also confusing.
overall though I really liked this book and I think because I get confused easily esp with time stuff it made it a bit harder to read but I would def recommend it and read it again myself!
I think though at times it was confusing. I really liked reading the different perspectives and experiences of each character but sometimes if you spent like 30 pages on one specific character, it was easy to forget small details of another character when their pov came back around. I noticed too that often the beginning of a chapter wasn't clear on who exactly I was reading about until other details came in so I think it would have been good to name each chapter with the name of the character.
the last chunk of chapters were particularly confusing because it had multiple character povs in each chapter. one paragraph on one character then the next on another. the time jumping forwards, backwards and in the present was also confusing.
overall though I really liked this book and I think because I get confused easily esp with time stuff it made it a bit harder to read but I would def recommend it and read it again myself!