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A review by shansometimes
Passing by Nella Larsen
reflective
tense
slow-paced
4.0
PASSING is a poignant story in more ways than I expected. It's smartly written, but what moved me most was the feelings of annoyance it stirred up. Understandably flawed characters aside, PASSING offers insights into more than the concept of passing as white; it's also a story of two marriages and what it could take to break them apart. What the story says about friendships between women and what a life with an undercurrent of secrets can look like is interesting, too.
PASSING employs a melodramatic writing style that leaves plenty of room for reflection and reading between the lines. All I could think was, "If I were an English professor, this would be a fun one to teach." It's also a slow work-up to what was, for me, an unfulfilling end, but it's a short classic that's absolutely worth a read.
PASSING employs a melodramatic writing style that leaves plenty of room for reflection and reading between the lines. All I could think was, "If I were an English professor, this would be a fun one to teach." It's also a slow work-up to what was, for me, an unfulfilling end, but it's a short classic that's absolutely worth a read.