A review by reviewsfromabookworm
Wing Jones by Katherine Webber
4.0
I have been in a terrible reading slump for about 4 months now, where even books I have been dying to read, and am thoroughly enjoying, take me about 2-4 weeks to finish. This is from someone who usually reads a book in 2-3 days. I devoured Wing Jones in 2 days. It grabbed a hold of me and dragged me from my reading slump. I couldn't put it down. It is a beautiful and emotional contemporary, set in the South during the 1990's.
There is DIVERSITY to the fullest in this book! I loved the book and I will be doing a full review. But for now I will say this.
Positives:
1. Diversity - And done well!
2. Beautiful writing
3. Brilliant characters, you feel like no secondary character is actually 'secondary'.
My negatives:
1. I felt like I didn't get enough closure at the end. So many big aspects are left open and that bothered me. Wish we had explored the darker themes and outcome of a certain character way more.
2. I DON'T get the need for the imaginary dragon and lioness. Especially since they felt to on the nose - her heritage is Ghanaian and Chinese, so her imaginary guardian/friends are a dragon and a lioness?!? I don't get why they were needed or why there were there. For me, they didn't add anything to the story and didn't serve a purpose. Personally, I felt the story would have been just as powerful, if not more so without them
There is DIVERSITY to the fullest in this book! I loved the book and I will be doing a full review. But for now I will say this.
Positives:
1. Diversity - And done well!
2. Beautiful writing
3. Brilliant characters, you feel like no secondary character is actually 'secondary'.
My negatives:
1. I felt like I didn't get enough closure at the end. So many big aspects are left open and that bothered me. Wish we had explored the darker themes and outcome of a certain character way more.
2. I DON'T get the need for the imaginary dragon and lioness. Especially since they felt to on the nose - her heritage is Ghanaian and Chinese, so her imaginary guardian/friends are a dragon and a lioness?!? I don't get why they were needed or why there were there. For me, they didn't add anything to the story and didn't serve a purpose. Personally, I felt the story would have been just as powerful, if not more so without them