If Beale Street Could Talk was a sad story that took too many tangents into the past that made me forget where I was in the story.  I did not like the writing style at all with all the jumping around in time, but it did lead to lots of suspense.  It is written like an essay narrative with lots of exploration into themes of sexism, racism, colorism, prison life, domestic violence, religion, etc.  While those are important themes I was taken out of the story. I also didn’t like the first person POV with Tish being omnipresent. Overall a good story, but I didn’t get the end.