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Rootless
by Krystle Zara Appiah
A powerful debut that explores the difficulties of motherhood, marriage, and finding time for your wants, needs, and desires. I struggled through the first half of the book because the pacing was entirely to slow. I felt like a lot of things could’ve been left out because there were parts of the story I just didn’t care for. The slow build-up almost lost me too.
The second half of the novel is where I became invested and cared to know what was going to occur next. While I enjoyed the author going in depth and really painting a vivid picture of what Efe and Sam were going through. Did she really have to go all the way back to the beginning of everything? I didn’t really find their relationship interesting and honestly I didn’t like Sam.
Usually I’d throw in something to describe the book but today I’m not going to do that. I want to focus on what statement the author was trying to make with the novel.
Motherhood is EXHAUSTING!!! Enjoyable and a blessing yes but at the end of the day it’s not for everyone. If you don’t have a support system which Sam really wasn’t supportive then it gets tiring doing it by yourself. As a mother the responsibilities revolving around the care of the child ALWAYS falls on mom. If dad decides he doesn’t want to do it anymore he can leave and NOBODY will make a huge fuss about it.
So, I actually loved that the author flipped the script and showed what it’s like if mom decides to walk away because it’s all too much. Was Efe wrong for leaving Sam with his kid? Maybe but again if Sam would’ve walked away what would’ve been the difference? He was not understanding at all with what Efe was dealing with because she did exactly what his own mother had done. LEAVE!!!
Overall, the book was pretty decent I changed my rating from 3.5 to 4 only because the last few chapters and that unexpected ending. The author did an amazing job focusing on two tough topics. I do recommend you guys give it a read just be prepared for the slow pacing. Special thanks to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for my advanced copy.
The second half of the novel is where I became invested and cared to know what was going to occur next. While I enjoyed the author going in depth and really painting a vivid picture of what Efe and Sam were going through. Did she really have to go all the way back to the beginning of everything? I didn’t really find their relationship interesting and honestly I didn’t like Sam.
Usually I’d throw in something to describe the book but today I’m not going to do that. I want to focus on what statement the author was trying to make with the novel.
Motherhood is EXHAUSTING!!! Enjoyable and a blessing yes but at the end of the day it’s not for everyone. If you don’t have a support system which Sam really wasn’t supportive then it gets tiring doing it by yourself. As a mother the responsibilities revolving around the care of the child ALWAYS falls on mom. If dad decides he doesn’t want to do it anymore he can leave and NOBODY will make a huge fuss about it.
So, I actually loved that the author flipped the script and showed what it’s like if mom decides to walk away because it’s all too much. Was Efe wrong for leaving Sam with his kid? Maybe but again if Sam would’ve walked away what would’ve been the difference? He was not understanding at all with what Efe was dealing with because she did exactly what his own mother had done. LEAVE!!!
Overall, the book was pretty decent I changed my rating from 3.5 to 4 only because the last few chapters and that unexpected ending. The author did an amazing job focusing on two tough topics. I do recommend you guys give it a read just be prepared for the slow pacing. Special thanks to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for my advanced copy.