An American Marriage
Tayari Jones
I personally did not like this book too much to be honest. It has got lots of good feedback and reviews but I fail to understand why. Maybe it is because of the story which is good or because of the fact that it caters to the problems faced by a certain community in US. This is a heartbreaking story and it is a painful situation for anyone to be in. A young couple goes through a tough time when the boy is wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit. Sad to see that this can actually happen with anyone. Also sad to accept the hard fact that howsoever you love someone, your life needs to go on without them. This is indeed a sad story to read through and there are several areas in this book where you really feel sad for the characters involved.
I liked the story and I liked the way the author goes through the story via letters. However, that likeness stops there and I just kept on having one feeling that it was going too fast and not enough time was taken to make the reader go through a journey. It felt as if the writer was in a hurry to reach the end and also in a hurry to reach a conclusion. It left me hungry for more - more about the life in jail, more about the life alone outside, more about the dying mother, more about the dolls... More about everything. Almost everything felt incomplete.
I wish the writer had described the scene where Rob was dragged for a crime he did not commit in more detail. There were actually various scenes or areas which could have had much more detail - the scene where he gets hurt in prison, the scene where he gets the letter from his wife, the scene where his wife chooses someone else, the scene where his mom dies, the scene where he comes to good terms with his wife. All of them felt incomplete.
The story though is very good and full points to the author to showcase the problems faced by people who are wrongly sentenced for some crime they do not commit. Good effort an one time read.
Overall Rating: 3.5
Grip Factor: 3.5
Writing Style: 3.5
Engaging Plot: 3.5
Characters: 4
Satisfying End: 3
GoodReads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3184061440
I liked the story and I liked the way the author goes through the story via letters. However, that likeness stops there and I just kept on having one feeling that it was going too fast and not enough time was taken to make the reader go through a journey. It felt as if the writer was in a hurry to reach the end and also in a hurry to reach a conclusion. It left me hungry for more - more about the life in jail, more about the life alone outside, more about the dying mother, more about the dolls... More about everything. Almost everything felt incomplete.
I wish the writer had described the scene where Rob was dragged for a crime he did not commit in more detail. There were actually various scenes or areas which could have had much more detail - the scene where he gets hurt in prison, the scene where he gets the letter from his wife, the scene where his wife chooses someone else, the scene where his mom dies, the scene where he comes to good terms with his wife. All of them felt incomplete.
The story though is very good and full points to the author to showcase the problems faced by people who are wrongly sentenced for some crime they do not commit. Good effort an one time read.
Overall Rating: 3.5
Grip Factor: 3.5
Writing Style: 3.5
Engaging Plot: 3.5
Characters: 4
Satisfying End: 3
GoodReads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3184061440
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