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serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Death, and Misogyny
Moderate: Violence
heathssm's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
paperback_tulips's review against another edition
3.0
Beautiful, hard-hitting writing that spoke directly to my soul, but I'm not sure it reached its full potential being a novel. It would work better as a collection of poems.
mfheb's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
aliceinreadingland's review
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
in_atoms's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.75
inhisbluegardens's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.25
This was Haiti's pick for my Round the World Reading Challenge and a lovely one to start 2024 with.
Blue is narrated by a Haitian woman who finds herself waiting in a Florida airport to return home after attending a family funeral. The whole story is essentially her reflecting on her life in Haiti and how she understands the two parts of herself: one that is desperate to leave and the other that always wants to come home.
She talks a lot about womanhood in all its various forms and the ways in which poverty changes it, makes womanhood smaller, more docile and silent. This touches on a lot of themes in a quietly profound way, like solitude, grief and family. I think the writing style is probably not for everyone as it's very much a stream of consciousness. It's completely non-linear and sort of reads like an extended poem. Nevertheless, so nice to read.
Blue is narrated by a Haitian woman who finds herself waiting in a Florida airport to return home after attending a family funeral. The whole story is essentially her reflecting on her life in Haiti and how she understands the two parts of herself: one that is desperate to leave and the other that always wants to come home.
She talks a lot about womanhood in all its various forms and the ways in which poverty changes it, makes womanhood smaller, more docile and silent. This touches on a lot of themes in a quietly profound way, like solitude, grief and family. I think the writing style is probably not for everyone as it's very much a stream of consciousness. It's completely non-linear and sort of reads like an extended poem. Nevertheless, so nice to read.
seashelly's review
5.0
I’ve never gone to see the coffee of your mountains. I’ve never taken the time to listen to the music of your rivers. Never absorbed your childhood myths. I am an absolute stranger. A poor inheritor of your beauty.
Reflective, amazing, talented, show-stopping, you know the drill. All those adjectives and more. I have nothing but praise, and I do not understand the goodreads rating - I teared up more than once. I have highlighted (highlit?) half the book. It might appear meandering at times but it says everything for a reason, and I am extremely grateful to have been able to read it.