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A review by meghan111
Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
5.0
The structure of this novel is so cool - especially the first section starting on Claire's seventh birthday, then working backwards to her sixth birthday, fifth, etc. until her birth. Somehow this manages to pull the story forward even though her age is getting younger and younger.
My first instinct was to give this book 4 stars, but it had great writing, setting, and characters. A story set amid the vast gulf between rich and poor in a small coastal town in Haiti, featuring several people whose lives intersect, is told in a confident, beautiful way.
My first instinct was to give this book 4 stars, but it had great writing, setting, and characters. A story set amid the vast gulf between rich and poor in a small coastal town in Haiti, featuring several people whose lives intersect, is told in a confident, beautiful way.