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Julia asked this question about Giovanni’s Room:
is this hard to read? i do really enjoy descriptive writing, but don't particularly enjoy literally not knowing what is happening and having to decipher everything
Ascolta This is def. a plot-driven novel. The timeline skips around a moderate amount as much of the story takes place in flashbacks, but never to the extent …moreThis is def. a plot-driven novel. The timeline skips around a moderate amount as much of the story takes place in flashbacks, but never to the extent that I couldn't follow what what happening. In terms of gauging the difficulty of prose, reading some of the book's quotations would probably give the best answer.

I would make the rough estimate that this could be a bit much for a high school book, but fully expect college students to follow w/out problem. Maybe the trickiest part = the bunch of half-French snippets of conversation? But context always makes it pretty clear what was said - like the narrator answers in English, so reverse engineering the question isn't to difficult. (less)
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Giovanni’s Room
by James Baldwin
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