A review by sparklemaia
The Banks by Roxane Gay

2.0

Fantastic premise, clunky execution. I really wanted to like this (multigenerational Black family heist with queer moms!), but the dialogue was awkward and stilted, the pacing was rushed and choppy, and (I'm so sorry) the art was stiff and I couldn't easily tell two of the (unrelated) main characters apart. Honestly I think this would have worked better as a prose novel, where the characters and plot could have been given a lot more space and depth. It took me months to get through this and I had to start over more than once. Also it was just hard to emotionally invest in any of the characters or their relationships.