I know this is a blog about movie and series/ dramas reviews but I think I will add in the additional book review because I am trying to read more book this year and write abit more 🙂
My Synopsis:
This is a book set in the mid 1900s, where women were boxed into stereotypes and where skin of colour was harshly discriminated against. It tells the story of 2 drastically different sisters that went through life with their problems/ mistakes and learnt to forgive and let go.
Recommended for those who like books about families and the bond between sisters.
Beware of the constant betrayal of men and stereotyping of women in this book.
– Rebecca
My version of the story:
So the two sisters while drastically different somehow switched their lives in the middle. The life each of them thought they would be living the other seemed to be living. Jo a lesbian at an era where that was unthinkable. Bethie this at the start seemingly perfect girl gets broken by all the men in her life. They both experience all there is to life, going through every mistake, every bad thought, everything that could go wrong in the book.
Jo is my favourite character, she was so true to herself in the beginning but she became tired. And I related so much to that, she was tired of tiring, tired of hoping, tired of putting in the effort when others didn’t. I emphasised with her the most and thought she was honestly the best mom that the daughters could hope for even though they may not think so. This also helped me understand my mother, maybe she did the best she could do, but children always don’t see the full picture.
Bethie on the other hand, I found her to be very weak. She was fragile, she was young when she was first touched. Jo saved her, and that was the beginning of Jo’s curse. Bethie could not or would not be saved by her own mother. Jo always had to come to the rescue but she didn’t outrightly blame Bethie for her downfall. But Bethie, she just could not help by tormet Jo in the later part of the book about how unhappy she seemed with a man. With her great intentions, she was trying to get Jo to realise how she could be happier. However, in my opinion this would just be very annoying if I was Jo, I was finally trying to be happy, to be content but you keep reminding me, telling me and putting things into my head that I am not happy.
The book ends in a very realistic manner, but abit abrupt with the sudden illness. But I guess that happens throughout the book also, which highlights that life is unpredictable. It was a very realistic book that brought you through the lives of the two sisters, helped you understand what they were thinking and also why they did what they did.
It also highlighted the power of family, the power of love and the love of parents. Parents, they do their best, they may not always be the ideal parents children want them to be. But, they are trying, they want the best for their children, even if it does not seem so.
IN LIFE, YOU NEED TO BE BRAVE
YOU NEED TO FORGIVE YOURSELF FOR THE MISTAKES YOU MAKE
YOU NEED TO LOVE YOURSELF AND PROTECT THOSE YOU CARE ABOUT
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