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A review by alexisrt
Brass by Xhenet Aliu
4.0
The plot is fairly simple: Elsie is 19 and waitressing in a depressed town when she gets pregnant by an Albanian immigrant. 17 years later, her daughter Luljeta, struggling to leave the same place, is trying to unravel her story. Intertwining the two plots in parallel narratives gives it some dramatic tension.
The characterization was good, but Aliu chose to write Elsie's narrative in the first person (fine) and Lulu's in the 2nd, and that choice becomes distracting as the novel wears on.
3.5
The characterization was good, but Aliu chose to write Elsie's narrative in the first person (fine) and Lulu's in the 2nd, and that choice becomes distracting as the novel wears on.
3.5