The Godmothers is my first Monica McInerney and had it not been a book club read, I doubt I’d have picked it up myself. Though now, having just compleThe Godmothers is my first Monica McInerney and had it not been a book club read, I doubt I’d have picked it up myself. Though now, having just completed it, I’m glad it crossed my path.
I guess the benefit of going into a book with little to no expectations is that there’s plenty of room to be wrong. Plenty of room for the book to be entertaining and give you all the feels that a well-written, tightly-woven, family drama, heart-string kind of a book can give you.
This is that book.
This is high highs, and low lows. This is a full spectrum of emotions that are too numerous to name. Like life - It’s messy, and complex, and will knock you on your arse if you’re not prepared for it. ...more
I tried reading this book in late 2020, but with lockdowns and all that going on with the pandemic, I found reading difficult, let alone reading a booI tried reading this book in late 2020, but with lockdowns and all that going on with the pandemic, I found reading difficult, let alone reading a book with such a heavy topic, so I had to set it aside for another time.
Another time came up this month when it was set as a book club book and I thought ‘No time like the present’. Let’s try again.
Well. There’s Egg. All over my face.
I absolutely loved this book, so much so that I got it on Audible as well so that I could keep reading it to and from work. That’s how much could not put it down!
History tells us the atrocities that happened to Native American and African people during the slave movement, that’s horrific enough, but Colson Whitehead puts a face and a name to the trauma.
The Underground Railroad is a paradox. On one hand, it’s an frightening experience into an ugly history, on the other it is hope, it is heart, coupled with beautiful prose. It’s indelible.
Clearly my first time around with this novel was more my mindset and not the book itself. ...more
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