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A review by caribbean_skye
Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong
2.0
This is not an easy book to read, not because of the language or anything like that it was just a struggle. This was not only because it seemed a little disjointed but also due to the italics which represented taste of some words in the dialogue.
I had read maybe a third of the book and I had given up and had no intention of finishing it. You know it's bad when you'd rather clean a strangers house than continue reading a book. After hearing what others had to say about it, I figured I'd read just a little bit more and take it from there. Right about the halfway point the book changed and the latter half was a LOT easier to read than the first half. The first half the story is about Linda and how she perceives life and the second half of the book takes you back to certain instances in the book, but then you get to understand a little more about the others in the book and how they affected and influenced her life and you get a completely different aspect about everything. By the time you've gotten to the last quarter of the book you're beginning to get a real understanding of why her life is the way it is.
I can say that I am happy that I finished this book and I enjoyed getting to know Linda, Baby Harper and Kelly however this is not a book I'd recommend to someone who wanted something fast, light or quick to read. In the books I read I like being able to identify with a character, incident, location, history or something and it was hard to do in this novel as you don't really get the full picture until the end. While this isn't a bad book nor a badly written book, I feel the story could be written differently which would make it more enjoyable.
I had read maybe a third of the book and I had given up and had no intention of finishing it. You know it's bad when you'd rather clean a strangers house than continue reading a book. After hearing what others had to say about it, I figured I'd read just a little bit more and take it from there. Right about the halfway point the book changed and the latter half was a LOT easier to read than the first half. The first half the story is about Linda and how she perceives life and the second half of the book takes you back to certain instances in the book, but then you get to understand a little more about the others in the book and how they affected and influenced her life and you get a completely different aspect about everything. By the time you've gotten to the last quarter of the book you're beginning to get a real understanding of why her life is the way it is.
I can say that I am happy that I finished this book and I enjoyed getting to know Linda, Baby Harper and Kelly however this is not a book I'd recommend to someone who wanted something fast, light or quick to read. In the books I read I like being able to identify with a character, incident, location, history or something and it was hard to do in this novel as you don't really get the full picture until the end. While this isn't a bad book nor a badly written book, I feel the story could be written differently which would make it more enjoyable.