frizzella 's review for:

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

2.0

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The writing is the only thing that saved this book. I would be curious to know what the author would put out in the future. You could tell this was a debut novel. Every chapter was about one of Hattie's children; and I expected all of them to somehow weave together nicely. That didn't happen. One family member was touched on and then never mentioned again. There was no real plot here. Plus, I disliked many of the characters. You don't necessarily want to agree with every single character in every single book, but it would have been nice to identify with at least one.