A review by ainsleym
Lone Women by Victor LaValle

4.0

I really liked the setting and the writing style. Adelaide was a great character to follow and I was rooting for her the whole time. Some of the side characters weren't as well developed, but I did really like Grace and Sam. I didn't love how the middle of the book focused entirely on side characters instead of following Adelaide. I also thought the ending happened a bit too fast especially considering the slow pace of the beginning, which I preferred. I overall liked the ending, but I wish there was more closure on some characters (Joan, Sam, the rest of the town) and less closure on Adelaide and co/the ending was a bit more ambiguous or didn't go forward in time as much as it did. I liked this a lot more than The Ballad of Black Tom so I'll definitely read more from Victor LaValle because I liked the style of this.