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See Now And Then (2000)

by Jamaica Kincaid(Favorite Author)

2.71 of 5 Votes: 4

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review 1: The book came off almost immediately portraying a bitter woman angry with her x-husband for leaving her for a younger woman. She consistently tore down the x-husband. She wanted the reader to believe that he hated his family. However, I interpreted it to mean that she, in fact, was the one who hated her family. The writing, characters, mood, etc. never became interesting. After the first chapter, I seriously regretted choosing the book for our book club reading. This was not a good read, especially after a 10 year hiatus.
review 2: This is called a novel but everyone knows it's just a loose-jointed memoir. I wanted to be on Kincaid's team, on her side. When your marriage ends horribly you write out the story of it, full confessional, no-holds-barred. It seems b... morerave, and honest.And maybe it is brave and it is honest, but I'm not certain it's the best literature. Kincaid is so talented, she could tell this story differently. Instead she tells it raw. And maybe it's just my own bourgeois upbringing, but with such a personal story raw like this, I feel like I walked into someone's domestic dispute, and I ought to gently excuse myself, and forget what I overheard. less

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