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A review by amgmontavon
An Autobiography of Skin by Lakiesha Carr
3.0
I really wanted to like this book wholeheartedly: the premise had so much promise. Maybe creating high expectations was the problem.
Nettie’s story begins strongly, but then falls flat. Okay, Maya’s story about motherhood and postpartum depression definitely hits close to home, but then again, the way the author chose to tell it makes the story detached and unemotional. The third and last story that connects all the others, starts in a promising note but then the omniscient narrator becomes first person that…reads minds and fights ghosts? Confusion and lack of coherence turns the book into something unexplainable.
Unfortunately I only finished to be able to review it and not because the storyline gripped me.
Thank you NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Nettie’s story begins strongly, but then falls flat. Okay, Maya’s story about motherhood and postpartum depression definitely hits close to home, but then again, the way the author chose to tell it makes the story detached and unemotional. The third and last story that connects all the others, starts in a promising note but then the omniscient narrator becomes first person that…reads minds and fights ghosts? Confusion and lack of coherence turns the book into something unexplainable.
Unfortunately I only finished to be able to review it and not because the storyline gripped me.
Thank you NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.