A review by silverbirch
The Promise by Damon Galgut

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Searing, clear and honest. A masterful use of perspective shifts and experimenting with first-second-third person shifting. Often heavy, and at points difficult to follow, but nevertheless produces a hugely affecting interwoven narrative of family, as one entity simultaneously as many contradictions.