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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
306 pages
What’s it about?
Celestial and Roy are a young, black, upwardly mobile couple who are newly married and starting a life together. When Roy is mistakenly sent to prison their lives change forever.
What did it make me think about?
This book is about marriage, commitment, and family. It is also about the experience of being a black man in America. Ms. Jones story draws us all in by the universal truths she tells about relationships- but she also shares a viewpoint that many of us (by the color of our skin) can not be familiar with.
Should I read it?
I liked this book- but did not love this book. I can’t put my finger on why I didn’t just love it. I could understand where Celestial was coming from- but I did not always like her very much. Maybe this was my stumbling block. This book was timely, well written, and thought provoking. I would recommend it- it would be a good book club choice.
Quote-
"Human emotion is beyond comprehension, smooth and uninterrupted, like an orb made of glass.”
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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
306 pages
What’s it about?
Celestial and Roy are a young, black, upwardly mobile couple who are newly married and starting a life together. When Roy is mistakenly sent to prison their lives change forever.
What did it make me think about?
This book is about marriage, commitment, and family. It is also about the experience of being a black man in America. Ms. Jones story draws us all in by the universal truths she tells about relationships- but she also shares a viewpoint that many of us (by the color of our skin) can not be familiar with.
Should I read it?
I liked this book- but did not love this book. I can’t put my finger on why I didn’t just love it. I could understand where Celestial was coming from- but I did not always like her very much. Maybe this was my stumbling block. This book was timely, well written, and thought provoking. I would recommend it- it would be a good book club choice.
Quote-
"Human emotion is beyond comprehension, smooth and uninterrupted, like an orb made of glass.”
If you like this try-
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Real life story. Nothing dramatized or over developed. Loves the POV change each chapter and the life lessons. This book makes you understand each person's perspective in a deep manner and not surface level. You feel for each person.
I was provided an advance copy of this novel from the publisher through Netgalley.
An American Marriage read like a modern-day classic. I can see that this is a novel that will continue to influence readers for generations, if it gets the attention it deserves. Before I read this novel, I checked a few reviews on Goodreads, and one of them suggested reading this novel as blindly as possible. As soon as I read that, I stopped reading reviews and began reading the book. I think that is good advice. I think picking this one up without knowing too much information helps it to unfold organically, without any preconceived ideas. And while there were some aspects of the novel that seemed too coincidental at times, I found myself deeply enthralled by each page. I think it's a story I won't soon forget.
#popsugarreadingchallenge (prompt #14)
An American Marriage read like a modern-day classic. I can see that this is a novel that will continue to influence readers for generations, if it gets the attention it deserves. Before I read this novel, I checked a few reviews on Goodreads, and one of them suggested reading this novel as blindly as possible. As soon as I read that, I stopped reading reviews and began reading the book. I think that is good advice. I think picking this one up without knowing too much information helps it to unfold organically, without any preconceived ideas. And while there were some aspects of the novel that seemed too coincidental at times, I found myself deeply enthralled by each page. I think it's a story I won't soon forget.
#popsugarreadingchallenge (prompt #14)
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