A review by elissaoj
The Mothers by Brit Bennett

challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Engrossing and thoughtful and heartbreaking. Wouldn’t have wanted to read sooner than now, the mother part would have been too hard. Made me reflect and think. Didn’t love the end, felt hurried and too unfinished. Can see Roxane Gay’s critique of the collective voice as forced, felt it in part but not all of the book
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