A review by mselvis
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Nothing happens in this story for 2/3 of book.  Extreamly boring.  I hated how I felt reading this book.  I did not want to be on Chicken Hill or meet any of the charaters. The amount of repetition in this book, made it unreadable.  How many POV must be explored for the same events?  I get how eastern and western european jews do not get along, how blacks and jews tolerated each other, but mistrusted each other.  You still have to have a story.  The skeleton in well was mentioned on first pages, but not again for over 300 pages.  I would not recommend this to anyone.
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