A review by katenorman17
Hold by Michael Donkor

3.0

I didn’t actually hate the writing style, which I originally thought I would when I started reading. I can see some reviews thinking that this was unintentional and a product of the authors broken English, but I’m leaning towards disagreeing and I do think it reflects the spoken style that I saw when travelling. I didn’t pick up on it as being incorrect English, but rather a stylistic choice that I could really imagine hearing out loud. I thought the topic of homosexuality was covered generally very well and I felt a lot of nuance in both characters as they dealt with that theme. The three stars come from the books tailing off and lack of ending… I really wanted some resolution, and I thought Belinda’s reaction to the final events in the book was quite out of character for her as she had clearly dealt with so much in silence and with kind heartedness… but I guess she finally felt like she didn’t owe anyone anything and didn’t feel forced to hide her feelings for everyone else’s sake anymore? Maybe that does suit her character development, but in terms of the plot, I think it trailed off and needed that tiny bit of something just to wrap it all up.