A review by whatannikareads
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

writing this a week later, so these are my thoughts after sitting on this for a minute. it took me some time to get used to the writing format but once more characters were introduced i started to enjoy it! i think it really reflects how different people's lives are, and how people, particularly black women, don't fit in a box. we're all trying to make it out of this life a little differently, and our ancestral lines run so deep. i enjoyed how deep we get into each woman's life and their decisions based on the events that happen to them.

one thing that really rubbed me wrong was the ending when we were reading about amma's daughter's father (forgot their names omg so sorry). i still don't understand why the conclusion revolved around him, or at least the very first part of it. i was like.......why are we reading a whole ass book about women and i'm suddenly meant to care about the expansion on this man's life lol.
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