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A review by carolinetew
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
4.0
3.5/5
An interesting premise that makes you reexamine how women, particularly women of color and/or single mothers, are judged as mothers by society. But at the end of it all I think this novel was just a tad too heavy-handed for me for the core of the story, then opted for a vague ending. Fascinating premise, but reading it felt so heavy for no reason. I felt like I was stuck in that training facility. And maybe that's part of the purpose of the oppressive writing style, which is totally valid, I just think it made the reading experience less pleasant for me (not that this book was ever going to be a "good time," but you know what I mean).
An interesting premise that makes you reexamine how women, particularly women of color and/or single mothers, are judged as mothers by society. But at the end of it all I think this novel was just a tad too heavy-handed for me for the core of the story, then opted for a vague ending. Fascinating premise, but reading it felt so heavy for no reason. I felt like I was stuck in that training facility. And maybe that's part of the purpose of the oppressive writing style, which is totally valid, I just think it made the reading experience less pleasant for me (not that this book was ever going to be a "good time," but you know what I mean).