bougainvillea's review against another edition
2.0
Skimming through this for an article...
themes: sister/brother relationships, sexuality (repressed and otherwise), political conflict and violence, white journalist who loves poor people, male/female relationships, poverty, single mothers, youth.
Great descriptions of Port-au-Prince. I did not love the overall style, however. Should generate a good class discussion...
themes: sister/brother relationships, sexuality (repressed and otherwise), political conflict and violence, white journalist who loves poor people, male/female relationships, poverty, single mothers, youth.
Great descriptions of Port-au-Prince. I did not love the overall style, however. Should generate a good class discussion...
jeninmotion's review
3.0
This was a bit formulaic and honestly, it was hard to tell which sister was speaking in which chapter sometimes, which is a problem considering Joyeuse and Angelique are so very different. Their mother was the most interesting character, and we sadly do not get much of her.
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