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chiaralou 's review for:
Girl, Woman, Other
by Bernardine Evaristo
I'm conflicted about this book because there were a lot of things I really liked but also some things that bothered me. I also wish I hadn't read it over such a long period of time because by the end of the book, I barely remembered what had happened with the first characters which was such a pity because of how elaborately all of the characters are connected to each other. (I'm pretty sure there were a few vague references to previously mentioned characters that I didn't catch.)
A few things I loved:
- the writing style and especially how it changed between the different characters so they all had their own distinct voice
- the way the characters were connected in such surprising ways sometimes
- the epilogue really managed to tie a lot of things together that I was previously wondering about and gave it a very worthy ending
- the Grace chapter and how it really cleverly ties together all the previous chapters by delving into the past
A few things I didn't love:
- the misgendering and deadnaming in the Morgan chapter
- the way other characters later kept on misgendering Morgan (there really could have been other ways to point out the generational differences between the characters)
- the After-party chapter kind of failed to really tie everything together for me, I think because it was so focused on specific characters and that felt a little weird since previously all character had had roughly the same amount of text dedicated to them (but I did love the very last part of this chapter and how it really connected it to so many of the major themes of the book, like feminism and generational differences/bonds)
Overall, definitely an incredibly interesting and unique book. I already want to reread it because I feel like there's so much hidden inside of it that there still is to uncover.
A few things I loved:
- the writing style and especially how it changed between the different characters so they all had their own distinct voice
- the way the characters were connected in such surprising ways sometimes
- the epilogue really managed to tie a lot of things together that I was previously wondering about and gave it a very worthy ending
- the Grace chapter and how it really cleverly ties together all the previous chapters by delving into the past
A few things I didn't love:
- the misgendering and deadnaming in the Morgan chapter
- the way other characters later kept on misgendering Morgan (there really could have been other ways to point out the generational differences between the characters)
- the After-party chapter kind of failed to really tie everything together for me, I think because it was so focused on specific characters and that felt a little weird since previously all character had had roughly the same amount of text dedicated to them (but I did love the very last part of this chapter and how it really connected it to so many of the major themes of the book, like feminism and generational differences/bonds)
Overall, definitely an incredibly interesting and unique book. I already want to reread it because I feel like there's so much hidden inside of it that there still is to uncover.