A review by jfaberrit
The Mothers by Brit Bennett

3.0

At the beginning of this book, I was pretty sure I was really going to like it, and I think it was excellent throughout the first half, as seen through Nadia's eyes, since she was a compelling character with a strong point of view. Over time, though, the momentum dissipated, leaving it in something of a muddle. More than anything else, I think this one has trouble with some of the things that bedevil books set over a decade or more -- characters end up stuck, retreading the same worn ground, not really going anywhere. The things that seem momentous in high school really shouldn't seem the same way for characters in their twenties, and that growth just wasn't present here.