A review by dr_manuela_reads
The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
1.0
Read about a third of this book and cannot finish it. It is so incredibly sappy. Every line - sappy.
It has promise in that it seems it is set to be about motherhood, race, class, societal shifts. But it falls flat immediately. One of the first scenes is of a young black boy being harassed by a policeman. It was so obvious. The whole description - obvious! It could have been so much richer.
I rarely give up on a book but I could not finish this.
It has promise in that it seems it is set to be about motherhood, race, class, societal shifts. But it falls flat immediately. One of the first scenes is of a young black boy being harassed by a policeman. It was so obvious. The whole description - obvious! It could have been so much richer.
I rarely give up on a book but I could not finish this.