A review by bccorrea
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

The story is all over the place, the characters are interesting but not grounded enough to perceive them. The constant jumpy narrative made me start drafting notes just to keep track. Language is beautiful and thoughts and meaningful but this definitely not a read for pleasure book. 

Yeah I finished the book and it didn't get better! It just rambles on and on without a point and she tried so many different angles and nothing really goes anywhere. The characters are almost good then they aren't and that makes me rate it so much lower than just bad writing it's good writing trapped with dead end ideas.