A review by anneaustex
Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman

3.0

The book cover says Say Her Name is "a soaring paean to a brilliant young woman", "passionate and moving", "incandescent", a "beautiful evocation of love and loss". I completely agree that it is a tribute to a very special love lost but I did not particularly enjoy reading this book. Maybe it takes a certain kind of person that I am not. One reviewer here said he especially enjoys "dead spouse books" but I can honestly say I've not yet read one that I enjoyed so take my review with that in mind.

I thought the writing was solid. I wondered at many passages how he had such concrete memories of events, places, and conversations. It felt real and yet it is a novel. There were some really beautiful passages and sections that were very gripping in their honest emotion.

Overall, for me, it was like sitting for hours while someone tells stories of a person you've never met. Perhaps if I knew one or the other of these people the book would have been easier for me to love.