A review by isabelreads
Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Gorgeous, dark, one of the few nuanced depictions of a transgender men I've seen in any fiction, let alone Caribbean fiction. That and the lovely prose gains the book more stars than anything else. Otherwise it was fine but dark and featuring some graphic sexual assault, which is not always my preference for books I read for pleasure. This was for school though and it was a great book for discussion and unpacking.