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DNFI just couldn't get through this book, not after reading September Girls and suffering through that. I was expecting an inspiring journey of a father and her daughter but what I got was boring monologue that consisted of the most random, detailed and absurd thoughts ever. I mean the father litera...
A novel that starts off looking small--focusing on conflicts in a marriage--and gradually reveals its large scope--seeing the rifts in the marriage as a way of seeing conflicts and tension within Trinidad. There is some nice parallelism, many amusing. There is also some lovely description. What is b...
I was expecting great literature, but the main message of this book seems to be don't ever go to Trinidad.
I thought this was going to be more like "Mr and Mrs Bridge," but in a different setting. I could see, though, that it was going to be a darker story of race relations and embittered old age than I was in the mood for. Maybe another time.
This book is defintiely going to be "different", but I know this author can do magical things. Maybe I should just be happy with The White Woman on the Green Bicycle, and leave it at that!Kirkus says it is a bit slow.... It isn't always good to read everything just b/c you loved one book by an autho...
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