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| By: ROTO 017 | 2026-03-04 14:46:21 | |
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| Terrible, grim, and really well-written. Poetic, great imagery - prompted good discussion. | ||
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| By: PICT 002 | 2025-11-28 16:50:04 | |
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| We were catapulted into an ultra violent world of extremely disturbing, malevolent behaviour with disastrous circumstances. Despite this, the group's opinion of the book was "riveting, energetic and compelling with its intensity and urgency". Convincing characters. | ||
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| By: CHCH 155 | 2025-11-13 21:45:06 | |
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| We found it a hard book to read because of the nature of the content. Certainly a book that gave us an insight into domestic violence and also the way of life in the Caribbean. However most of us wanted to finish it and our discussion went on for quite a while as it gave us plenty to discuss. | ||
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| By: AUCK 100 | 2025-10-26 12:07:46 | |
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| The issues of poverty and domestic violence are very important to address. Imagery in the writing was outstanding. The writer managed the distressing content with the skill of her writing. | ||
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| By: CHCH 539 | 2025-10-09 12:28:19 | |
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| A difficult read about the cycle of abuse. | ||
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| By: AMBER 002 | 2025-09-01 09:42:47 | |
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| Took everyone out of their comfort zone. Some beautifully written passages. | ||
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| By: TAUM 003 | 2025-08-11 09:26:58 | |
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| A dark tale of non-tourist Caribbean life. | ||
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| By: FERN 001 | 2024-06-10 10:29:12 | |
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| Loved the insight into Caribbean culture and parallels to our own bicultural society - different but somehow the same. The generational dysfunctionality of families, the hopelessness, superstition, acceptance of violence, and fear which prevents seeking help are strong themes, presented in wonderful lyrical language. | ||
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| By: WHITBY 002 | 2024-05-19 09:50:20 | |
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| Not an enjoyable book but one that we all thought worth reading. We found it very confronting, honest and authentic, easy to read once we got used to the vernacular. Lala's chapter on "How do you learn to love a man", listing all the types of violence she experiences, was extremely powerful and moving. Not a book that would encourage one to visit that part of the world! | ||
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| By: KAUKA 001 | 2024-04-29 10:18:54 | |
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| The group loved this - thought it was very well-written. We can't wait to see what she writes next. | ||
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| By: QUEEN 006 | 2024-04-29 10:17:49 | |
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| A very thought-provoking book, though graphic and horrifying. Good character portrayal. The book title doesn't indicate the subject matter, and some of us wouldn't have read it but for BookClub, but we are pleased we did. Excellently written ( some did, some didn't enjoy the "pidgin" speech!). | ||
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| By: QUEEN 001 | 2024-04-17 11:37:38 | |
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| Great discussion - excellent book. | ||
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| By: PARAPA 001 | 2023-09-11 13:32:45 | |
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| The subject matter was challenging. Weak ending. No knowledge gained of the actual culture but was easy to read. Not enjoyed or read by all. | ||
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| By: OTORO 002 | 2023-02-08 14:33:13 | |
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| Very thought provoking read, but also confronting and violent. We didn't regret reading it but are not looking for anything similar in a hurry... | ||
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