It wouldn’t be the start of summer without reading a Colson Whitehead book. What I love most about his books is that they have the feel of poetry to them. The way he writes brings people and places to life, and you can almost reach out and touch what he is describing. And Sag Harbor was no different.
The story
is about two black teenage boys as they spend the summer in Sag Harbor and reacquaint
themselves with the friends that they meet every summer. I love the teenage
politics and what criteria make another kid cool or what is acceptable to do or
say. I honestly didn’t want this book to end, it felt so personal and beautiful.
It’s fun watching a group of teenagers getting to know themselves and finding
their identity in a complex, contradictory world.
I enjoyed
this book a lot, I think it has a lot to say about coming of age and finding out
who we are. It provokes thoughts on what influences us, and what are the
factors that determine our place in the world.
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