A review by anniesher23
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

This was heartbreaking and I’ll be thinking about it for a long time. It was truly devastating to see how
incarceration broke so many lives. I think my favorite part of this book was how close Roy’s experience came to turning him into the kind of person his wrongful conviction made him out to be, but how he recognized that and chose not to be that person in the end. That was incredibly powerful and well done. 
I’m not sure how I feel about Celestial’s character - I felt like she had so little agency in the end, but maybe the point is that what she went through changed her that deeply. I will prob have more to say about this book so TALK SOON! 
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