lanabug711 's review for:

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

2.0

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I can appreciate that this book is well written, but it's just not my cup of tea. Dark, gritty, and unsettling, the book doesn't end with any sense of redemption or hope. The setting is moody and vivid, but the author seems to get too caught up in minor details that the overarching plot gets lost. (Much of the book takes place in a car, and there is so.much.vomit.) Yet the grandmother's cancer, which takes center stage at the end of the book, is only randomly mentioned here and there through the first 2/3 of the book. The fantastical element fit the setting, but wasn't explained very well.