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laurieperry417 's review for:
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
Interspersed with a bunch of lighter, chick-lit types of books that I've read lately, I've been slowly making my way through this book. I wanted to read this one at a much slower pace, not only because of the violence and pain, but because of the truly beautiful and lyrical writing. It's not a book you can race through quickly. You want to read a bit, sit a while, breathe deeply, reflect. It's a book that makes me want to take a literature course, because it's calling out for analysis and discussion. I read several online reviews after finishing the book, and there are comparisons to Faulkner, The Odyssey, and the Old Testament.
Jojo in the real world, Given and Richie as ghosts were so perfectly written; it broke my heart open to read chapters with their voices and experiences and then look up from my book and see my own 11-year-old son, right there in between little-boy and young-man. Leonie and Mam were also just gorgeously developed characters, representing the spectrum of motherhood and maternal love. I could get lost in this author's writing -- impossible for me to describe the combination of lyricism with simplicity, appropriate to the Mississippi setting.
Jojo in the real world, Given and Richie as ghosts were so perfectly written; it broke my heart open to read chapters with their voices and experiences and then look up from my book and see my own 11-year-old son, right there in between little-boy and young-man. Leonie and Mam were also just gorgeously developed characters, representing the spectrum of motherhood and maternal love. I could get lost in this author's writing -- impossible for me to describe the combination of lyricism with simplicity, appropriate to the Mississippi setting.