sjc113 's review for:

Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat

3.0

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Although I found Krick? Krack! by Edwidge Danticat beautifully written, I quickly fell out of love with the plot line and stylistic writing of her story. The story which higlighted the many different levels of suffering for the Haitian people was interesting, yet, I could never truly connect to the stories. The many changing perspectives made it difficult to find the personalities of the characters and family. Not only did I find the beginning of the novel difficult to understand and enjoy, I more so found the last two chapters of the novel the most interesting. But, the suffering of this family is what kept me interesting. I just about fell in love with Children of the See and found the writing poetic and compelling. This short set up great standards for the remainder of the novel. This was where the downfall happened for me. Other than the end, the majprity of the novel did not live up to these standards. This would be a great novel to focus on Haitian culture, but yet it was difficult to understand the stylings and purpose of the author.