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katiearina 's review for:
Girl, Woman, Other
by Bernardine Evaristo
I've had a lot of five star reviews lately but here's one more.
I really enjoyed this audiobook and all the character dynamics and relationships set up within this book.
There were times I slightly forgot who was who, but that was mostly in later chapters where some of the characters were more historically based, and I think some of that comes from listening (I am much better at names when I have seen them).
I know this book plays with form in how it is written, but the audiobook comes highly recommended. I could only listen at 1.1x due to some combination of initial speed, British accent, and an impressive amount of detail that I didn't want to miss.
I am not sure who my favorite character was (will think on it and report back if I come up with a decisive one -- Amma and Yazz's relationship is the one that sticks out to me at first) but I loved the intertwining stories and the unexpectedly sweet resolution.
This is what I wanted Homegoing to be. But unlike Homegoing, this exceeded my expectations and did not disappoint.
The only part where I was like "okay, get on with it already" was the first section in The After-party about Roland. No hate on Roland, but his character was not one I particularly cared about in that amount of detail so that section wasn't compelling for me.
Quick update after going through and highlighting passages I had bookmarked in the audio: the audio for this is beyond stellar. It adds a depth that I think (looking at the text) is definitely additive. So just in case it wasn't clear above, audio is the way to go for this one.
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ATY 2022: #28 - A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards (The Booker Prize)
Popsugar 2022: #3 - A book about, or set in, a nonpatriarchal society
(I am playing fast and loose with the strictness of Popsugar categories because I don't like how narrow they seem to be this year -- I am defining the book itself as a nonpatriarchal society because it focuses on (all different sorts of) women and women's relationships and that feels within the spirit of the category to me.)
I really enjoyed this audiobook and all the character dynamics and relationships set up within this book.
There were times I slightly forgot who was who, but that was mostly in later chapters where some of the characters were more historically based, and I think some of that comes from listening (I am much better at names when I have seen them).
I know this book plays with form in how it is written, but the audiobook comes highly recommended. I could only listen at 1.1x due to some combination of initial speed, British accent, and an impressive amount of detail that I didn't want to miss.
I am not sure who my favorite character was (will think on it and report back if I come up with a decisive one -- Amma and Yazz's relationship is the one that sticks out to me at first) but I loved the intertwining stories and the unexpectedly sweet resolution.
This is what I wanted Homegoing to be. But unlike Homegoing, this exceeded my expectations and did not disappoint.
The only part where I was like "okay, get on with it already" was the first section in The After-party about Roland. No hate on Roland, but his character was not one I particularly cared about in that amount of detail so that section wasn't compelling for me.
Quick update after going through and highlighting passages I had bookmarked in the audio: the audio for this is beyond stellar. It adds a depth that I think (looking at the text) is definitely additive. So just in case it wasn't clear above, audio is the way to go for this one.
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ATY 2022: #28 - A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards (The Booker Prize)
Popsugar 2022: #3 - A book about, or set in, a nonpatriarchal society
(I am playing fast and loose with the strictness of Popsugar categories because I don't like how narrow they seem to be this year -- I am defining the book itself as a nonpatriarchal society because it focuses on (all different sorts of) women and women's relationships and that feels within the spirit of the category to me.)