A review by dingmc
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is like an injury you get when you’re in you’re late teens and then find out when you’re like 40 the injury is still causing problems. You reflect on the wound as what you did when you were younger, how stupid and cruel you were. But we are/were all like that and that is what connects us. Wounds that will never go away. 
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