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bookshelves: classics, diverse, non-ya, literary-fiction, authors-of-color, 3-and-a-half-stars, recommend, reviewed
Nov 05, 2021
bookshelves: classics, diverse, non-ya, literary-fiction, authors-of-color, 3-and-a-half-stars, recommend, reviewed
well sheesh.
james baldwin's books are one of a kind. they range, for me, in pleasurable reading � some i must drag myself through, some seem to open themselves up to the reader, but i am always left struck and wondering.
this book, uncharacteristically lengthy for baldwin's works, was not one that i read without effort. i found it painful and intense, excellent as always but difficult. where notes of a native son or giovanni's room were not light reads, but felt consuming and emotional, this was more grueling, as with if beale street could talk.
in truth, baldwin's disregard for his female characters can sometimes be hard to read. occasionally, it even takes precedence to me as a reader.
unfortunately, while this book remained brilliant, even punishing in its conveying of the pain of love and the melancholy loneliness of life, this was one of those times.
bottom line: i still recommend this book. but i won't reread it.
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tbr review
even james baldwin's short works take me a million years to read out of sheer appreciation, so this 450-pager will be my life's work
james baldwin's books are one of a kind. they range, for me, in pleasurable reading � some i must drag myself through, some seem to open themselves up to the reader, but i am always left struck and wondering.
this book, uncharacteristically lengthy for baldwin's works, was not one that i read without effort. i found it painful and intense, excellent as always but difficult. where notes of a native son or giovanni's room were not light reads, but felt consuming and emotional, this was more grueling, as with if beale street could talk.
in truth, baldwin's disregard for his female characters can sometimes be hard to read. occasionally, it even takes precedence to me as a reader.
unfortunately, while this book remained brilliant, even punishing in its conveying of the pain of love and the melancholy loneliness of life, this was one of those times.
bottom line: i still recommend this book. but i won't reread it.
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tbr review
even james baldwin's short works take me a million years to read out of sheer appreciation, so this 450-pager will be my life's work
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Aug 08, 2023 04:13PM
Yet you read it in a day😳?
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Book was definitely grueling at times and totally agree about his female characters.
Mohan wrote: "Yet you read it in a day😳?"my goodreads dates aren't always strictly accurate
Gayatri wrote: "Book was definitely grueling at times and totally agree about his female characters."so glad i'm not the only one!
i love your review! this is my first baldwin novel so i don’t have much to go off of regarding his characterization of female characters� i would love to get your thoughts on how this applies to characters like ida and cass here. i was hoping to get ida’s perspective more when it swapped between characters, especially with cass being added in, but i would love your thoughts on her portrayal in connection to this disregard. :)
Totally agree with how he writes about women
