A review by curlsandliterture
The Narrows by Ann Petry

3.0

Written eloquently. No complaints about the writing. However, had a slight issue with how the story was told. There was potential but at times the story went into drift mode. You know when you drift off in thought and snap back into reality. Don’t have an problem when an author does this, adds depth to the tale, there were just too many of these moments which resulted in the story being longer than it should. I do want to mention that if this novel we’re promoted similar to “The Women of Brewster Place” where there are multiple POVS, then I would understand the overextended info given to us to explain each character’s involvement and why they are the way they are. I would have gave this piece 4 stars, if that were the case. But because the story is not promoted as such, I had to consistently ask myself, “why do we care about this persons life in great detail?, when will the point come back to the original plot?.” Had 3 chapters left and just could not anymore so I skimmed to find out what happen. Now that I know what happen… again it took too long to get there..