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A review by flamepea
Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
3.0
3.5 stars
A beautiful book about existing in the liminal and coming of age as a woman of colour from the Carribbean islands. At times a brutal questioning of the colonial and gender foundations of US society & tainted mother-daughter relations.
The ending had me quite emotional but I had felt as if lucy had found herself, her love through herself.
The “queer” moment - I hated how lucy admits to “practicing” kissing with a girl as if, queerness is less serious then straight relationships and just a “stepping stone” to a man. Whilst experimentation is valid I feel like this book just reinforces sapphic love as an experimentation, less “serious” and or “practice for men” rather than valid. You definitely could do a queer reading of Lucy and I wish it was proper bisexual representation.
A beautiful book about existing in the liminal and coming of age as a woman of colour from the Carribbean islands. At times a brutal questioning of the colonial and gender foundations of US society & tainted mother-daughter relations.
The ending had me quite emotional but I had felt as if lucy had found herself, her love through herself.
The “queer” moment - I hated how lucy admits to “practicing” kissing with a girl as if, queerness is less serious then straight relationships and just a “stepping stone” to a man. Whilst experimentation is valid I feel like this book just reinforces sapphic love as an experimentation, less “serious” and or “practice for men” rather than valid. You definitely could do a queer reading of Lucy and I wish it was proper bisexual representation.