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A review by _katsullivan
Homecoming by Luan Goldie
4.0
Homecoming involves complex, interesting relationships between people, and how they change over the years and with big life events. Nobody feels perfect, they all have their own flaws and make choices that you question. The story is also structured in a way where you don't get the information right away. You understand that something terrible happened to Emma and Kiama was somehow involved, but you don't fully find out until nearly the end of the story.
The love 'triangle' is also an interesting one, because its not really a triangle. Yvonne has a one night stand with Lewis, who later meets, and has a child with, Emma. Yvonne and Lewis don't get back together until much later, when Kiama is ~7, and they feel the need to keep it from Emma. They are implied to get back together after the end of the book, with Yvonne finally coming to terms with Lewis and understanding that they were not responsible for Emma's death with encouragement from Kiama, who just wants to see his dad happy.
Overall, its interesting and broaches the subject of coming to terms with your past well, but I do think it is slightly long, with some unnecessary detail, but well written and certainly thought-provoking.
The love 'triangle' is also an interesting one, because its not really a triangle. Yvonne has a one night stand with Lewis, who later meets, and has a child with, Emma. Yvonne and Lewis don't get back together until much later, when Kiama is ~7, and they feel the need to keep it from Emma. They are implied to get back together after the end of the book, with Yvonne finally coming to terms with Lewis and understanding that they were not responsible for Emma's death with encouragement from Kiama, who just wants to see his dad happy.
Overall, its interesting and broaches the subject of coming to terms with your past well, but I do think it is slightly long, with some unnecessary detail, but well written and certainly thought-provoking.