A review by serendipitysbooks
The Travelers by Regina Porter

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.75

 The Travelers is a multi-generational story centred on two families - one Black, one white. Over the years there is a sprawling cast of characters, interconnected in a variety of ways. There’s not exactly a linear plot; more a set a vignettes or short stories focussing on key moments that jump back and forward in time. Plenty of meaty material - issues of race, gender and sexuality, domestic abuse, class factors, PTSD, and so much more. And yet it never fully came together in a satisfying whole for me.
 
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