Signed, Iza 's Reviews > Pleasantview

UPDATED REVIEW (RE-READ) :
There's nothing that'd still change the way I feel about this book. Yes, the cliffhangers still hurts, but I'm at peace and I have a profound new love and care for the character of Omar, Michelle and Kimberly.


FIRST REVIEW:
Each story leads to the other in unexpected ways, and that connectedness was amazing to see.This was so entertaining and heart wrenching. Oh the cliffhangers, the cliffhangers.....WHY??? 😫😫😫.

I NEED MOREEEE. Why do you have to be a novel in stories. WHY??? 😩😩

How can this book be a debut?? 😱

I couldn't shut up about this book. Fck, I couldn't fall asleep when I finished reading it. I kept reminiscing about all of my favorite stories and characters in it.😂

PleasantView is a novel in stories or collection of 9
Interconnected stories that give you (reader) vivid insights into life in the Caribbean from different facets of life and perspective. I laughed so hard, cursed a lot, and wanted to throw hands.

With heavy topics/scenes such as miscarriage, sex trafficking, infidelity, sexual orientation and denial, classism, corruption, politics, immigration, and poverty.

But there are loads of humor and entertaining characters that will give you that break (breath of fresh air) to pick up where you left off 😂. Trinidadian scenes (carnival and funeral gathering)

I was living for the gossips 😂🤭. Who doesn't love knowing everyone's business in secret? 🤡

Yes, short stories do leave those cliffhangers that make you scream at the book. But, other aspects of the stories give room for thought and paid it off. And the interconnectedness/twist made it a page-turner. Emotions were written so vividly, you could feel them.