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A review by tatyanavogt
Brooklyn by Tracy Brown
3.0
Okay, so I read this for a book club and will admit its a little out of my comfort zone as its heavy on family drama and BAD decisions. Brooklyn is a pastors daughter desperate to get out of her current life so she turns to the streets with hustling, burning bridges and making enemies.
She is an unlikeable character who is desperate to survive at any cost. She's been through some things and can be relatable right before turning around and just.. ughhh.. This was a frustrating read. I loved the complexity of the characters and after I started to actively try to separate myself from the story and caring about certain things, it was fun to see where things went.
This is also a great book to discuss as so many thoughts and feelings about different things and in our group people had VERY different feelings and perspectives on different aspects of the story. I will admit that if I wasn't reading it for the bookclub there is a 50/50 chance I would have DNF'd as I was pretty upset by somethings BUT I was also pretty interested to see who done it and how it would resolve.
If you like messy reality TV shows and just drama and bad choice stories this will probably be more enjoyable for you than it was for me. But regardless of me not enjoying the process, I do think it was well done and I did actually "like" the way it ended even if I dont agree with it.
She is an unlikeable character who is desperate to survive at any cost. She's been through some things and can be relatable right before turning around and just.. ughhh.. This was a frustrating read. I loved the complexity of the characters and after I started to actively try to separate myself from the story and caring about certain things, it was fun to see where things went.
This is also a great book to discuss as so many thoughts and feelings about different things and in our group people had VERY different feelings and perspectives on different aspects of the story. I will admit that if I wasn't reading it for the bookclub there is a 50/50 chance I would have DNF'd as I was pretty upset by somethings BUT I was also pretty interested to see who done it and how it would resolve.
If you like messy reality TV shows and just drama and bad choice stories this will probably be more enjoyable for you than it was for me. But regardless of me not enjoying the process, I do think it was well done and I did actually "like" the way it ended even if I dont agree with it.