A review by dugfromthedirt
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This took me soo many attempts to read but god, once I was on the way ..

The way it was all drawn out was beautiful. I wish I had the language for and practice at literary crit to delve into this the way I want to.

Before Giovanni's Room I was only familiar with Baldwin as a political thinker/speaker, and his way with words in that realm has always captured me. It's so interesting to find the same ring true here in such a different place, such a different way.

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