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A review by tinlizzyd08
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
4.0
Powerful and hard to read
This book is hard for me to read. I’ve read it twice and both times were the same. It’s sad and at the same time powerful and raw. The writing is a sort of stream of consciousness, moving from feeling to feeling, telling the story of a black family’s history and current reality, none of it easy or simple. Jojo, the young protagonist, is wise beyond his years but at the same time young and yearning for guidance and understanding from the adults around him. He’s stuck in the past with his grandfather and forced into the future with his mother and sister and the will of time. It’s a book I’m glad to have read but also a book I’m sorry to have to read.
This book is hard for me to read. I’ve read it twice and both times were the same. It’s sad and at the same time powerful and raw. The writing is a sort of stream of consciousness, moving from feeling to feeling, telling the story of a black family’s history and current reality, none of it easy or simple. Jojo, the young protagonist, is wise beyond his years but at the same time young and yearning for guidance and understanding from the adults around him. He’s stuck in the past with his grandfather and forced into the future with his mother and sister and the will of time. It’s a book I’m glad to have read but also a book I’m sorry to have to read.