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A review by despina19
Caucasia by Danzy Senna
3.25
My reading experience was ok, not great. I’m still processing and thinking about what she was trying to say and the story itself.
I was drawn in to the beginning and also at the end. I enjoyed that this love story was really between the sisters.
I was both saddened and repulsed by so many of the things Birdie was exposed to at the beginning of the story as a 7/8 year old. Her exposure to all-too-adult experiences continues as the story progresses, so I almost became jaded to it.
There was missing info or ends not tied up. And, I didn’t appreciate the unresolved differing accounts of how much trouble her mom was or wasn’t in.
I did see that Danzy Senna’s parents had a very bitter divorce. And the book feels full of anger, confusion and sadness. I heard her in an interview repeatedly say she is interested in non-redemptive stories and about pushing pain to the edge and then the story just ends. I think she accomplished both of those things.
I do appreciate many of the themes she brought up, and having heard her on interviews, I really like her. So I would definitely read her again; however this book fell short for me.
I was drawn in to the beginning and also at the end. I enjoyed that this love story was really between the sisters.
I was both saddened and repulsed by so many of the things Birdie was exposed to at the beginning of the story as a 7/8 year old. Her exposure to all-too-adult experiences continues as the story progresses, so I almost became jaded to it.
There was missing info or ends not tied up. And, I didn’t appreciate the unresolved differing accounts of how much trouble her mom was or wasn’t in.
I did see that Danzy Senna’s parents had a very bitter divorce. And the book feels full of anger, confusion and sadness. I heard her in an interview repeatedly say she is interested in non-redemptive stories and about pushing pain to the edge and then the story just ends. I think she accomplished both of those things.
I do appreciate many of the themes she brought up, and having heard her on interviews, I really like her. So I would definitely read her again; however this book fell short for me.