Sheree L Greer
Autor von Let the Lover Be
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- Columbia College Chicago (MFA)
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Going by all that would make sense in an ideally rational world, I should not have found my heart aching for main character Kiana or rooting for her to find her way out of her troubled world. She is irresponsible, self-absorbed, sex-obsessed, taunts a recovering alcoholic's sobriety and takes the longest time to see ex-girlfriend Michelle is not (and never was) the woman for her.
But Kiana's also deeply suffering, terribly missing her dead mother, grateful to her always-there-for-her sister and (when sober) able to see all the goodness and light in Genevieve, a wonderful woman she meets when she travels to New Orleans to try and stop her ex's wedding. Sheree L. Greer's writing (her dialogue and vivid portrayal of character, especially) is just amazing! She leaves the reader spellbound even when things become almost too much to take, plus she accomplishes that rare feat in fiction: makes a rather unlikable character likable.
Having finished Let The Lover Be and struggling to do it the justice it deserves, I find the title makes much more sense and isn't as jaded or detached as I thought in the beginning. The title and ending are perfectly in spirit with all that happens, though I sincerely hope we someday to get to find out the rest of Kiana's story.… (mehr)