syd_brey 's review for:

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

3.0

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very repetitive, and the timeline of the novel’s climax is conveyed in an odd way that makes me think there might be an accidental plot hole. I think the author sometimes forgot what he wrote, for example - Big Soap having the story of what happened to Chona relayed to him by Fatty not once, but twice in separate chapters. An editor should have caught this.