A review by vatodd
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.
Was too sad with little to no change in sight. For a black woman on the cover it didn't feel like a book for black readers. The black characters at least for now felt very 2 dimensional and mostly anchored to the Jewish storylines for torture and saving. Having to read from the perspective of 2 racist characters and the Jewish story be larger 3 to 1 was enough to feel like I as a black woman was not the intended audience.
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