A review by onetrooluff
Passing by Nella Larsen

4.0

Hard to take, but an important read. It reads like a character study and shows how various characters arrange their lives in response to the stress, danger, and overwhelming unfairness of being a person of color in that time and place. Do they play it safe? Do they take tremendous life-threatening risks in order to have the sort of life they want? And how far will the main character go to preserve her own lifestyle? There's also extensive examination of loyalty - personal, familial and racial. An interesting read.