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tahlia1234 's review for:
Brother
by David Chariandy
Wow. I don’t think I quite have the words to describe how I am feeling about this book. About 30 pages ago, I would have said it was well written but that I struggled to understand the lived experiences of the characters. Now sitting here, crying after the end, I realise that despite describing a world so different to my own, I grew connected and concerned for the characters in a way I didn’t expect to.
Whilst I wasn’t sure about the story itself at times, the broader commentary that the novel has about race, class and institutional barriers is incredibly relevant and poignant. Sitting here now, I realise that just because the story is different to my own does not make it less powerful. Rather, it inspires me to keep looking around for those invisible stories, and to maintain a conscious awareness of them always.
Whilst I wasn’t sure about the story itself at times, the broader commentary that the novel has about race, class and institutional barriers is incredibly relevant and poignant. Sitting here now, I realise that just because the story is different to my own does not make it less powerful. Rather, it inspires me to keep looking around for those invisible stories, and to maintain a conscious awareness of them always.