books_with_tutusandsons 's review for:

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

3.0

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It just didn't work for me. I can see why this book is important, I can see why the reviews are so stunning and hence why the Booker prize. I love that all of the stories are about strong black women, about their journeys, about their history, and about finding their place in the present. But the way of writing was a bit too much for me. Sometimes I just couldn't follow the flow of their minds, the lack of structure of sentences. And around forth or fifth character I just got lost in the whole scheme of who is who and who is who to whom. Maybe it would be easier to follow if I wrote it all down while reading and made myself a diagram of characters.

Big thank you to NetGalley for giving me a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I really appreciate it.