A review by alannathellama
The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt

3.0

This book is definitely better than the last book for this class, as it’s so much less preachy about mundane bullshit. I think it’s a really important novel, as it points out so much hypocrisy in history that is probably purposefully erased, although it did seem to have some lukewarm solutions to the problems it described. It’s really caught between what it wants to be to fit in with the literature of the time and what it needs to be in order to be more impactful. I overall didn’t really mind reading it. I think I am severely lacking in brain cells right now so maybe I would have more thoughts at some other time.