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A review by soobooksalot
What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-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? It's complicated
4.0
What's Mine And Yours is a memorable story spanning many characters, families and timeframes.
Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and Hachette Books for my gifted copy for review!
The book opens with a chapter that is as touching and hopeful as it is heartbreaking.
Each chapter alternates in differing decades, tacked by mother characters Jade and Lacey May, their partners, and children.
It took me a bit with each chapter to orient to which timeframe and age group the characters would be in, but it's an evenly-paced book regardless.
Each character's life challenges and resulting choices are laid out in a straightforward, relatable and most readable manner. Elements of social class, race, the treatment of women, addiction, reproductive expectations, relationships and family dynamics weave the events together. A nice reveal toward the end pulls all the threads together.
For fans of well-written, character-driven novels, this newest offering from author Naima Coster is recommended!
Released on March 2.
Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and Hachette Books for my gifted copy for review!
The book opens with a chapter that is as touching and hopeful as it is heartbreaking.
Each chapter alternates in differing decades, tacked by mother characters Jade and Lacey May, their partners, and children.
It took me a bit with each chapter to orient to which timeframe and age group the characters would be in, but it's an evenly-paced book regardless.
Each character's life challenges and resulting choices are laid out in a straightforward, relatable and most readable manner. Elements of social class, race, the treatment of women, addiction, reproductive expectations, relationships and family dynamics weave the events together. A nice reveal toward the end pulls all the threads together.
For fans of well-written, character-driven novels, this newest offering from author Naima Coster is recommended!
Released on March 2.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Murder
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Miscarriage, and Abortion