Another Brooklyn

I honestly expected to enjoy this book so much more than i did. 

Its a historical family story! I LOVE those!

But this book felt so shredded, so incomplete, so torn apart, tossed in the air and put back together as the pieces fell. 

In other words the story structure was not at all for me, sadly. 

I liked August -the main character (not talking about the name! Lets ignore that!)- and her family fine. They where interesting. 

I enjoyed how the story kept going rather fluently between present and past. 

But nothing fit together for me. I couldn't connect any story parts to each other in a way that it made sense! The individual small snippets where okay on its own, but i don't want to read a book that has 30 very very short stories that feel like they have no connection to each other at all! I wanted to read a novel!

And sadly for me with this writing style and structure that didn't happen. 

I am very curious to see what the author can do thought, i see a lot of potential. Its clearly there, the author just didn't go far enough with the story, the plot and the characters to actually reach the great story that she started in this book. 

I am not sure if the author simply wanted to keep this book so short and that is why she kept cutting herself off before she reached the "greatness" or if she just didn't know how to take that last step without going overboard? I have no idea! 

But i defiantly will be trying another novel by her, to see if this one was just not for me or if the author in general does not write in a way that makes me enjoy reading. 

We'll see. 

I would recommend this book for everyone that enjoys very short chapters and doesn't mind if that makes the story feel interrupted and not at all fluent. 

If you are more like me and need fluent story telling? maybe stay way from this one!