The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

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James McBride: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (AudiobookFormat, 2023, Penguin Audio)

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Published Aug. 8, 2023 by Penguin Audio.

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978-0-593-68414-6
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Enjoyed this next story from McBride. Feels very real.

7 editions

Waaaay too many characters and tangents.

Honestly I thought about DNFing this near the beginning, but Chona grew on me and I wanted to see what she was able to accomplish. Even with her being one of the main characters, you really don't get to know or see much about her. That was disappointing.

This book greatly suffers from having way too many characters introduced, just for them to disappear for the rest of the book. At first I found it interesting to see how the stories would like up and intersect, but it just got to be too much. There was no time to actual develop anything thoughts or feelings towards most of the characters because you just got a quick snippet of them.

Also, ABSOLUTELY check the trigger warnings on this. I didn't think it was one that would need it due to it being the book of the year, but boy was that …

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