A review by megobrien81
The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis

2.0

I really wanted to love this book, but just don’t. I almost stopped reading a few times, but really wanted to see it through. There are some beautiful moments and some incredible lines written into the story. But the format and some of the ways the story feels disjointed was hard for me. I’ve read a few reviews from folks who felt the disjointed writing style enhanced how Ava is navigating life through her mental illness and some of the circumstances thrown at her…but it didn’t land that way for me. This is not an easy story, there is a lot of trauma the characters experience and then have to life with. The story wasn’t what bothered me, I think it was more the structure. There are long passages of description where not much action happens.

Not my favorite read. Not even close.