Trying to get ahead of my local library book club by reading whatever I can get audio access to is the catalyst for why I picked up this book. Hadn’t heard of it, but reviews looked good, and I’m always excited to pick up something by a female author, and also support POC. I wish I had better news about my feelings on this book though. They are not positive. I will caveat first though and say that from my small sample size of folks […]
Disappointing.
I follow the new literary fiction releases as much as I can, and last year, Brit Bennett’s debut novel The Mothers made it on a LOT of lists. I quickly put in a library hold, because I figured that so many people giving it raves would not steer me wrong. Oh, man. This book just did not grab me at all, and in fact, I’m puzzled why so many liberal-minded friends and critics raved about it. I mean, I grew up a pro-life Christian, and […]
Was the buzz justified?
Buzz? Justified? Yes! The Mothers is a stunning debut, it is beautifully crafted and is a wise and lingering piece of writing. The complexity of the characters and Ms Bennetts ability to allow them to unwind so slowly ( whilst in the middle of a fast paced storyline ) keeps the reader hooked. I wanted to know, not what was going to happen next, but how the characters felt about these events as they unfolded. The Mothers is the story of the constraints of a […]