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challenging
dark
reflective
slow-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? Yes
4.0
vivid and complex with extremely poignant connections between self and nation, inward and outward expressions of identity. would absolutely love to discuss this in a seminar format but unfortunately it’s just me all alone right now in complete awe at Jamaica Kincaid’s mind!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Colonisation