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An American Marriage
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bookshelves: baileys-womens-prize-for-fiction, domestic-drama, racial-issues
May 31, 2019
bookshelves: baileys-womens-prize-for-fiction, domestic-drama, racial-issues
Disappointment
Another domestic drama on the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist though certainly with more drama than ‘Ordinary People�.
While I certainly felt for Roy’s situation it was hard to really engage with he and Celestial as characters. Towards the end I almost threw in the towel with regards to the over-the-top emoting that was happening. Roy became such an entitled man baby. In some ways he and Michael from OP would probably relate well to one another.
I will be discussing this in a few days with our reading group and that may lead to a revision but right now it’s a 2 and likely this is at the bottom of my shortlist.
Another domestic drama on the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist though certainly with more drama than ‘Ordinary People�.
While I certainly felt for Roy’s situation it was hard to really engage with he and Celestial as characters. Towards the end I almost threw in the towel with regards to the over-the-top emoting that was happening. Roy became such an entitled man baby. In some ways he and Michael from OP would probably relate well to one another.
I will be discussing this in a few days with our reading group and that may lead to a revision but right now it’s a 2 and likely this is at the bottom of my shortlist.
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Reading Progress
May 18, 2019
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Started Reading
May 18, 2019
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May 18, 2019
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to-read
May 31, 2019
– Shelved as:
racial-issues
May 31, 2019
– Shelved as:
domestic-drama
May 31, 2019
– Shelved as:
baileys-womens-prize-for-fiction
May 31, 2019
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Finished Reading
