It depends on the lens… Summary - Love Forms is about a Trinidadian woman, Dawn, who, at 58, embarks on a journey to find the daughter she gave up for adoption at 16 in Venezuela, exploring themes of maternal love, loss, and identity across Trinidad, Venezuela, and London. The book, longlisted for the Booker Prize, follows Dawn’s life after the adoptionmarriage, children, divorceas she grapples with her past and the possibility of reconnecting with her lost child.
If you read this with the lens of motherhood and life’s journey you will most likely love this book, I also love quiet, character-driven stories so this was a big win for me. However, after finishing and going to Goodreads to click that I finished it, I had noticed a reviewer I have come to trust, made me take a minute and think about a different lens. She mentioned that the book was not written for a Trinidadian or Caribbean reader and gives many reasons why they felt this way. I could completely understand their issues with the book and I love learning from perspectives other than my own.
I you enjoy literary fiction and stories about motherhood, I do think you’ll enjoy this book.
Have you ever looked at opposing reviews after finishing a book?
Thank you @prh for the listening copy of Love Forms!
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