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A review by msbookmarked
Suite as Sugar: and Other Stories by Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar
4.0
First of all, Hernández-Ramdwar can write. Her prose was beautiful and expressive, and her use of accents and slang was brilliant in that it gave personality to the characters and the ambiance without explicit description. Though as someone not from the Caribbean nor much exposed to the culture, there were times where I did not understand the phrases or implication, and perhaps was the reason some of the stories fell slightly short for me.
A lot of the stories in the book were unresolved, but I personally find it quite fitting as a lot of these issues nowadays are still ongoing and it would have been rather jarring if things were wrapped up nicely with a bow. Themes explored in these stories were gritty and heavy, and most of them were thought-provoking. This was highlighted in The Death of Carribana with the conflict discussion, which I particularly loved. I felt like I got a crash course on the history of Carribana in a creative setting. It's Lit was also a personal favourite as it was set in Toronto that I can more closely connect to, and The Biggest Fete was simply a beautifully written piece of longing.
Overall, I've enjoyed most of the short stories presented in Suite as Sugar and its poetic prose and thought-provoking scenarios lingered in my mind long after I turned the last page.
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A lot of the stories in the book were unresolved, but I personally find it quite fitting as a lot of these issues nowadays are still ongoing and it would have been rather jarring if things were wrapped up nicely with a bow. Themes explored in these stories were gritty and heavy, and most of them were thought-provoking. This was highlighted in The Death of Carribana with the conflict discussion, which I particularly loved. I felt like I got a crash course on the history of Carribana in a creative setting. It's Lit was also a personal favourite as it was set in Toronto that I can more closely connect to, and The Biggest Fete was simply a beautifully written piece of longing.
Overall, I've enjoyed most of the short stories presented in Suite as Sugar and its poetic prose and thought-provoking scenarios lingered in my mind long after I turned the last page.