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Achingly painful. A bit too MFA where the Medea trope is concerned, but fair enough. Hard to read but well written.
Apr 09, 2020
Julianne Dunn
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it was amazing
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This was a slow build. You know from reading the summary that this is a story from the point of view of a 14 year old poor girl in southern Mississippi right before Hurricane Katrina. Esch and her family don't have much and don't have much hope, except for her brother Randall's ability to play ball. Esch learns early on that she is pregnant. The father is a violent drunk but is trying to fortify the house in preparation for the hurricane. The book lays out the day by day lead up the hurricane. A
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Beautiful, poetic writing. Jesmyn Ward is a native of Mississippi, so she writes the rural deep South perfectly. Her metaphors never stray, and you can feel the sticky hot sun, and smell the woods and the rain. The characters are a loving family trying to survive as Hurricane Katrina is building in the Gulf. My only hesitation at recommending this book is that part of the plot involves dog fighting, in graphic detail. I had to skim some of it, to be honest. Recommend with reservations.
Some would probably call the writer's style poetic, but I found it distracting. I read one review that said she never uses one metaphor when she can use three. Way too many for me.
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