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A review by slavic_bookworm
Ties That Tether by Jane Igharo
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It’s more of a 4.5 star raiting but I love Igharo’s writing so decided on giving 5 stars.
I loved so much about this book. It hit really close to home. I had an unexpected pregnancy, come from Poland where we take our culture really seriously and moved to the U.S.A where I do feel culture does end up being thrown to the side burner for a lot of people. I had issues with my father who is as stubborn as the main characters mom, I ended up reconnecting with my father etc.
I wish that the mom and daughter communicated better. And Azere’s emotional level sometimes just really frustrated me. She was so scared of taking any sort of risks. Rafael was better but I still don’t understand how can you keep a secret from your pregnant girlfriend that you LOVE that you were married. Yes that hurts to talk about it, but isn’t honesty the first thing that makes a relationship work. If both characters were just more honest with each other, so many problems that showed up in the story could have been avoided.
Overall I still loved this book.
Jane Igharo is definitely becoming one of my favorite authors.
I loved so much about this book. It hit really close to home. I had an unexpected pregnancy, come from Poland where we take our culture really seriously and moved to the U.S.A where I do feel culture does end up being thrown to the side burner for a lot of people. I had issues with my father who is as stubborn as the main characters mom, I ended up reconnecting with my father etc.
I wish that the mom and daughter communicated better. And Azere’s emotional level sometimes just really frustrated me. She was so scared of taking any sort of risks. Rafael was better but I still don’t understand how can you keep a secret from your pregnant girlfriend that you LOVE that you were married. Yes that hurts to talk about it, but isn’t honesty the first thing that makes a relationship work. If both characters were just more honest with each other, so many problems that showed up in the story could have been avoided.
Overall I still loved this book.
Jane Igharo is definitely becoming one of my favorite authors.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, and Grief