Rhea P. (BeachWaves) reviewed on 9/3/2009 + 36 more book reviews

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I have finished the book and thought that the description of a woman going mentally ill was spot on. The relationship between the husband and wife seemed quite real. The cast system of the whites and non whites were painfully written , but interesting. I loved reading the book from a literary point of view but if all of her writings are this morose I am not sure that I want to go on with her. There was an utter lack of joy in the book. AT the end it seemed that she was spiraling into a deep split with reality. She was anticipating her death. As I was reading the book I thought that the ending would be that she and Moses would develop a very positive relationship and that in the end she would beg him to deliver her from her misery by killing her. But then the end seems to be a fulfillment of Mose,s rage of how he been treated by Mary. What did you make of the ending? Am I missing something?

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