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A review by mxleigh
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell
5.0
This novel is surely revolutionary. Not the thing you'd take for light reading. There's just too much in it. The words are full. The words aren't mediocre and trash. The words paint. Some passages are poetic, but not the type any one will try too hard to get to understand. The metaphors are as understandable as the songs of the soul.
I am fascinated by the way Campbell told the story in different points of view, that you can't just bring yourself to love one character and one character alone. Campbell can easily make anyone understand that blues ain't the same, identical blues for every body.
And really, the aftermath of Armstrong's death is as powerful as an extended arm from the grave. This is a great work. The characters are still haunting me even after I got to close the book.
I am fascinated by the way Campbell told the story in different points of view, that you can't just bring yourself to love one character and one character alone. Campbell can easily make anyone understand that blues ain't the same, identical blues for every body.
And really, the aftermath of Armstrong's death is as powerful as an extended arm from the grave. This is a great work. The characters are still haunting me even after I got to close the book.