Jess’s Comments (group member since Aug 13, 2018)

Jess’s comments from the Diversity in All Forms! group.

Oh wow. My first Morrison and I love this. I'm only around 20% in but the writing is absolutely beautiful.

I've now finished it and I really liked it. I got into the swing of the writing by the end and found it so beautiful and heart breaking! This is a 4 star book for me.

Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Yes the Mr Mack scenes are very funny even if it takes a lot of effort to follow his dialogue. The imagery of him decked out in medals to go to petition the priest was hillarious.

I'm 200 pages in now and the writing style has definitely got easier. I really like how each character has a very distinctive voice and that means that some are easier to follow than others. I still struggle with Mr Mack's sections the most.

(view spoiler)[ The chapter where Jim first swam in the sea was beautifully written. All of the little details really put you there, just lovely. Anthony MacMurrough is an interesting character. From the outside he is awful but there is so much conflict going on within him. (hide spoiler)]

I am interested to see how this story unfolds.

I'm finding the writing style really difficult to follow. I hope that once I get into the swing of it, it will be easier.

This was my last book of 2020 and I loved it. Here is my review.

What can I say that hasn't already been said about this beautiful portrayal of the women of Britain and female britishness in the 21st century? It deserves all the praise that has been heaped upon it and then some. These characters and their distinct voices will stick with me and I feel this was truly the perfect book to end my year with.

I am reading other books that I could probably finish next week but I am tempted to wait so this can be what I cap 2020 off with!

This is perfect timing for me as I am plannning to read only Irish books during March. It is available from my library so I will go and pick it up later today.

I second The Good Immigrant I think there is a UK version and a US version. I read the original UK version and really liked it.

I also want to nominate Dalila

Dalila by Jason Donald

I've heard great things about How Not To Be a Boy by Robert Webb.

He's a great comedian in the UK and I've seen quite a bit of promotion of this book that explores his experiences of masculinity.

Unfortunately I don't have any suggestions but I'm going to follow this with interest because I don't think I've ever heard of a book with a deaf protagonist!