Review
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This started off really promising but I became concerned about the lack of plot in the book. Set near New York City during the Jazz age, in 1925 a man named Nick Carraway narrates this novel. His first person narration describes his interaction with Jay Gatsby, who wishes to reunite with a former lover. By…
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So, the story is about a woman marrying a man with the same last name. I enjoyed reading about Layla visiting the Caribbean island of Jamaica to find out more about her history and the explanation that the book gives for missing historical evidence in Jamaicas history. The fact that many Caribbean people cannot trace…
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In this reimagining of Mark Twain’s ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’, Jim tells the story of his and Huckleberry Finn’s travels to the Northern states of America to escape Jim’s owner after learning he is due to be sold to someone else. “White folks expect us to sound a certain way and it can only…
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I enjoyed the plot of this book. It has some interesting and very well-written characters, including Pumkin, the main character. One of the characters is named Candida, an unusual name as its meaning is derived from the fungi. Other than that, the storyline mainly revolves around Pumkin wanting to leave Jamaica and move to France…