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lanidacey 's review for:
Heart Berries
by Terese Marie Mailhot
Making Indian women inhuman is a problem for me. We’ve become too symbolic and never real enough.
Five-star book; one-star narration.
This was a quick listen and was beautifully written, but the narration and performance of the audiobook was just horrid. Everything was read as if it were one long, monotone sentence with no pauses or breaks for emphasis. Entire new sections would start with no hint that it was a new section, adding unnecessary confusion to the story. I feel like I need to reread the entire thing just to fully appreciate the language and writing.
The story itself was beautiful and hit close to home a few times. There were so many lines I want to go back and savor, specifically lines describing the author's mother, her conflicted feelings toward her parents and how the world sees Indian women. I love that the story is framed as a letter to the ex-boyfriend who broke her; it makes the narration a bit unreliable, but more authentic and real at the same time.
Definite recommend. We need to listen to Indian and Native women more. I plan to add more such books to my TBR.
Five-star book; one-star narration.
This was a quick listen and was beautifully written, but the narration and performance of the audiobook was just horrid. Everything was read as if it were one long, monotone sentence with no pauses or breaks for emphasis. Entire new sections would start with no hint that it was a new section, adding unnecessary confusion to the story. I feel like I need to reread the entire thing just to fully appreciate the language and writing.
The story itself was beautiful and hit close to home a few times. There were so many lines I want to go back and savor, specifically lines describing the author's mother, her conflicted feelings toward her parents and how the world sees Indian women. I love that the story is framed as a letter to the ex-boyfriend who broke her; it makes the narration a bit unreliable, but more authentic and real at the same time.
Definite recommend. We need to listen to Indian and Native women more. I plan to add more such books to my TBR.