Land Of Love And Drowning
By Tiphanie Yanique
350 pages
What did it make me think about?
This made me think about indigenous people everywhere. What happens to a culture and a people when others decide they want the land they have always lived on?
Should I read it?
I thought this novel was going to drown me. I say that not knowing if that was a good or bad feeling…. It depended on the part of the book I was on as to whether I was content to be drowning in the book, or fighting to get out of the depths of the Bradshaw family! If you are a fan of magical realism and love a big long saga then this is the book for you. I found it dragged at times for me. It has several narrators and some I liked more than others. The writer has a promising future but parts of the novel were stronger for me than others.
Quote-
“Family can be like an anchor. An anchor may tether you. An anchor may also pull and sink your ship.”
