Unabridged Audiobook
This was a great book. Lots of humor in the context of thoughtful reflections on race in America. Our hero finds himself in increasingly untenable situations as each wrong decision he makes ironically seems to build logically on the previous wrong move. The reader did a good job.
I didn't finish this book. I gave it a chance, a few hours into it I turned it off. No character development or plot development. I was waiting and it was going nowhere. Flat. None of the characters grab your attention.
The premise of the book about race identity is an important one. However the plot was untenable and the literary prose was lacking. Aside from the the protagonist the characters were one dimensional and as a I reader found it impossible to have empathy for them. This book needs to go back to the writing process tor be scrapped all together. I would recommended other authors such as James McBride who tackle this theme with humor, grace and honesty. I do not recommend this book.
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