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emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oooh boy. As I cannot relate to neither the diaspora, the violence of the story, the family dynamics nor the experience of queerness, it's kind of a hard book to review — but I will say one thing: there are only two books I have read in one sitting over the last five years, and this is the second one. (And I started at 11.30pm, which means that I will have a very bad day at work, but I don't regret it one bit.)
It's tender and complicated, and the characters make some really bad choices at time, but that's life. I guess that's Amma, in the end: it's life. It also made me real hungry.
(A lady in reviews complained about how Josephina's SA dissolved "into nothing of consequence but a load of woke nonsense" and like. First that just made me more curious, but also if you couldn't feel the repercussions through every other page I'm not sure we were truly reading the same book.)
It's tender and complicated, and the characters make some really bad choices at time, but that's life. I guess that's Amma, in the end: it's life. It also made me real hungry.
(A lady in reviews complained about how Josephina's SA dissolved "into nothing of consequence but a load of woke nonsense" and like. First that just made me more curious, but also if you couldn't feel the repercussions through every other page I'm not sure we were truly reading the same book.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Outing
Minor: Hate crime, Violence, Dysphoria