A review by agnela
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Empowering, healing, female centric with cozy desmiticy. But. I absolutely do not agree with one of the themes of this book. Aggressors, violence perpetrators do not get or need to be emphasised with, they do not get to tell their sad stories why they end up doing what they do. Women in this story had it bad, but they did not end up tormenting or abusing people. And yet somehow the only good man in this book ends up being a dead grandfather.
I loved this matriarchal family, it's dynamics, uhh, I loved it so much. There were also trauma, racism, abuse, and yet this is a healing story rather than just telling the reader about an open wound and deepening it more. 
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