Troy

The ick:reward ratio here is WAY off

The name of the book is Jazz and yet I was wholly unprepared for the lyricism of Morrison's writing. As usual, her characters are flawed, complex individuals, but there's an ambiguity and circularity to this novel that isn't present in Sula or Song of Solomon.

Overall a lovely quick read but I wish there was more exposition: I wanted to get to know Red and Blue as individuals before diving straight into the romance.

This book is ambitious and hard to wrangle at first. So many interwoven perspectives, some in the same chapter, some of them (Jules, Alex) difficult reads for different reasons. It's a mixed bag because of this, but the high points (Dolly, Old Lou, the PowerPoint chapter) really deliver.