What's Mine and Yours

Read this last month, so my review will suffer from my currently hamster-like memory for books. But I liked it! Enough that I brought it along to a reunion with grad school friends to pass it along to one of them. This is a family drama, but I mean that in an expansive way. Coster's characters are fully imagined: they have strengths to admire and weaknesses that made me cringe in sympathy and recognition. The ties that bind and support are also the ones that constrain, portrayed against the complicated backdrop of racism in the American South.

I was left with quite a few unanswered questions. The character development of Lacey May and the sisters was lacking. What was the purpose of the sisters, the story would have flowed without them included. Why did Gee turn out to be the way he is, as an adult? The reasons given didn't add up. What the heck happened to the father?

This novel could have been a 4-5 stars, if the characters were developed, more.

This book came up on some book club recommendation. I really didn't know what the book was about. As I listened, I was somewhat confused. But figured the story would get interesting. I kept feeling like it was just a book about a dysfunctional family, or even multiple families.
I think I actually starting enjoying the story right about the time it was ending.
It wasn't a bad book, but there just wasn't enough in the storyline for me to want to recommend it.