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Book Reviews of Girl, Woman, Other

Girl, Woman, Other
Girl Woman Other
Author: Bernardine Evaristo
ISBN-13: 9780802156983
ISBN-10: 0802156983
Publication Date: 12/3/2019
Pages: 464
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Book Type: Paperback
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tbowman avatar reviewed Girl, Woman, Other on + 59 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I loved this book and can see how it won the Booker Prize in 2019. My daughter compared it to Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, which I haven't read yet. It's mostly about mother/daughter relationships and the difficulty of raising children. I cried at the end because I didn't want it to end. Hattie was definitely my favorite character. It's very easy to read, although at times it was difficult with so many characters to keep up with.
roach808 avatar reviewed Girl, Woman, Other on + 144 more book reviews
This is quite a labor or love to read.

It's intertwined women's stories that, for the most part, came together for me. There are SO MANY stories though and women that it can be a challenge to keep track. Especially the epilogue. It didn't make sense to be an epilogue to me, just a final chapter -- and I had to dig deep to recall who this person was.

The most fascinating part to me was the sentence (or lack there of) structure. Spoiler alert, there isn't a period/end stop to be found. In reading the first section/chapter I thought perhaps that was the style for that character, but no, that's the entire book.

All in all, a good read, but glad I'm done with the hefty thing and can return it to my colleague who lent it to me.