This is about family, race, and the history of passing in America. It tells the story of twin sisters who choose to live in two different worlds: one black, and one white.
I finished this book yesterday and my initial reaction was “That’s it?” Something isn’t right here. There are storylines that I thought are never resolved and characters that lost its way. And I don’t want to say one-dimensional because it’s far from that, my issue is we are never really shown how some of the characters arrived from one decision to another. That bothered me really.
In the B&N podcast, Brit Bennett talked about how she love writing the end result of a story, how it fascinated her more to explore the possibilities of where a story is going. So that totally makes sense to me.
I really enjoyed this book. I just wish it focus more on the twins relationship with their daughters and the twins themselves, and less on their individual relationship with other characters. Don’t get me wrong, I love all the characters here. Barry for instance, the Drag Queen. Then there’s the relationship between one of the twins daughter and a trans character. I, especially, would love more of this. A separate novel even.
There’s more to this book than just a family saga and I would highly recommend it!
A solid 3-star read!
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