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A review by joreasonable
Augustown by Kei Miller
3.0
Ma Taffy, who is one of the main characters is an old blind woman looking after her young great nephew, Kaia, relates a series of historical stories while they wait for Gina, the boy’s mother to come home from work. The book jumped from one story to another seemingly without connection. While I was reading the book I didn’t understand the connection with the flying preacher man and rastafarians until later after finishing and it was while I was writing this review that I understood the connection.
I loved the beginning of this book, such interesting characters, especially Ma Taffy, in an interesting but anarchic fictional town but loosely based on the real August Town, an area of Kingston, Jamaica. I enjoyed the writing itself, it is very good, the author describes well the area, the island, etc.
My favourite character was Gina, even though she wasn’t the main character, or even had a large part, she struck me as strong, willing to learn and better herself and her parts in the book were my favourite. I didn’t enjoy the storytelling so much, or should I say, I enjoyed the story telling from Ma Taffy, I just didn’t understand the link between the storyline and the stories. I wanted to know more about Kaia but he wasn’t a big enough part for my liking.
I enjoyed the setting and the descriptions of the town and area.
I normally don’t say much about the endings of books in my reviews, but I found this one to be very sad.
3 stars for this one, recommended for those wishing to read a mystical book set in Jamaica.
video review in Spanish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyvOo36U1Yo&list=PLniFXSpJj5RWIDC0udo2vtJsUn0Vd2HrS&index=15
I loved the beginning of this book, such interesting characters, especially Ma Taffy, in an interesting but anarchic fictional town but loosely based on the real August Town, an area of Kingston, Jamaica. I enjoyed the writing itself, it is very good, the author describes well the area, the island, etc.
My favourite character was Gina, even though she wasn’t the main character, or even had a large part, she struck me as strong, willing to learn and better herself and her parts in the book were my favourite. I didn’t enjoy the storytelling so much, or should I say, I enjoyed the story telling from Ma Taffy, I just didn’t understand the link between the storyline and the stories. I wanted to know more about Kaia but he wasn’t a big enough part for my liking.
I enjoyed the setting and the descriptions of the town and area.
I normally don’t say much about the endings of books in my reviews, but I found this one to be very sad.
3 stars for this one, recommended for those wishing to read a mystical book set in Jamaica.
video review in Spanish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyvOo36U1Yo&list=PLniFXSpJj5RWIDC0udo2vtJsUn0Vd2HrS&index=15