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mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Condé brings the town alive by using her characters and inhabitants of the community to build a profile of one Francis Sancher. Using this mode also allows us into the minds of the community members, revealing their own characteristics and how they feel about their existence and those around them.
I love multi-perspective stories as this gives the novel a more grounded and complete feel. It cements the goings-on and makes me reflect on my own community structure and hierarchies. Because all communities are simple and complex in their interactions and experiences.
She has built this story as a ladder and a lattice, where every step and cross-piece is used to reveal not just characteristics but an inevitable change that is uncovered from each individual's encounter with this most despised man.
It is clear as the members of the community who had more than a passing relationship with Sancher reflect, that he was complicated and haunted, making him at most misunderstood and at least a cheat. But you will have to decide.
I love multi-perspective stories as this gives the novel a more grounded and complete feel. It cements the goings-on and makes me reflect on my own community structure and hierarchies. Because all communities are simple and complex in their interactions and experiences.
She has built this story as a ladder and a lattice, where every step and cross-piece is used to reveal not just characteristics but an inevitable change that is uncovered from each individual's encounter with this most despised man.
It is clear as the members of the community who had more than a passing relationship with Sancher reflect, that he was complicated and haunted, making him at most misunderstood and at least a cheat. But you will have to decide.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Racial slurs, Slavery, Death, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Incest
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