A review by edshara
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

5.0

I wasn’t sure what to expect, but this was beautiful. The way it’s written is both lyrical and poetic. Jacqueline Woodson includes the beauty of life with the underlying pain. Those sorrows that could swallow you whole, yet you’re taught to push through and keep moving, even as they leave a lasting ache. The characters are easy to understand even if I wouldn’t say I liked or disliked them. For this novel, they just were, and I got that. So much packed into so few pages and still a full story. Just lovely.