I tried really hard to continue this book, but I think it’s just not for me. 

The story is told through a first person flow of consciousness style. Personally, I couldn’t stand it. The plot was nowhere near compelling enough to justify the constant paragraphs of continuous descriptions and commentary that never seemed to end, and honestly for the most part never even had a purpose. 

Although I definitely believe that books with struggling adult main characters are important (especially stories featuring minorities, as is the black woman starring in the book), oh my god the main character never caught a break. Constantly being humiliated and degraded, it was not only exhausting to read, but felt unbelievable.