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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
3.0

Definitely not the story that I thought it would be, which I suppose is a good thing. It didn’t focus on the sexual assault allegation, but the aftermath in everyone’s lives instead. I loved the letter portions of this book and I think the story told through those letters were my favorite parts. I was not a fan of the three main characters themselves. I think it’s great that they were each flawed in their own way because it was clear they were human and humans make decisions, right, wrong and otherwise, but I just didn’t care for any of them as people. I can’t explain it without going into too much detail, but essentially I just didn’t find them likable, though I will say that this was more true for Andre and Roy than Celestial. Still, I really enjoyed the story and I think it was a pretty good read.