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A review by nokvi
Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
What a book, what a piece of work, Jared is truly a master with his pen. I'm not going to lie when I started this book it took me some time to get into it. I don't know if this is due to the book itself or the fact that I heading into a reading slump when I started, either way I had to put it down for some time. IN retrospect however, I firmly believe it's a mix of the two. The pacing can be quite off and to be honest sometimes it just jumped to places. ANd it's this that lead to a lower rating
but when I came back.... WHEN I CAME BACK, the last 50% of this book is phenomenal, the consequences of actions, the fragility of the human experience. Hosein masterfully covers, coming of age, pverty, racism, classism all within the context of the Indo-Trinidadian experience. The high that I felt as I finished this book is wow, it's a sad depressing ending with a consequence that could have completely been avoided but isn't that life? Isn't hindsight 20/20. This book was an experience and I would have it no other way
but when I came back.... WHEN I CAME BACK, the last 50% of this book is phenomenal, the consequences of actions, the fragility of the human experience. Hosein masterfully covers, coming of age, pverty, racism, classism all within the context of the Indo-Trinidadian experience. The high that I felt as I finished this book is wow, it's a sad depressing ending with a consequence that could have completely been avoided but isn't that life? Isn't hindsight 20/20. This book was an experience and I would have it no other way
Graphic: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Child death
Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Pregnancy, Racism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Sexual assault
Minor: Abandonment