Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange: A Novel Review

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Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange: A Novel ReviewI hate to say it because I was really looking forward to this book, but it inspired nothing in me. I kept reading because it was there not because I couldn't stop. Its a beautiful book in terms of atmosphere, maybe even too beautiful since the scenery seems to dominate instead of the characters. Emotions are bland and motivations are unclear and I felt no empathy for the main character because her experiences seemed to be a catalogue of West Indian literary experiences. I would compare it to Jamaica Kincaid's work without any of the power or feeling.
My other major complaint is that the book reads like a bit of a travel log. Again it seems the author is ticking off a list of all of the "must-see" places in Trinidad and Tobago. We go from Black Rock, to the black urban Port-of-Spain, to the wealthier white suburbs, the savannah, down the islands, the rural country... The constant change of scene gives the author a lot to work with, but takes away from any cohesion in the story. In each location its like we're reading about different characters because they don't blend. And by the end of the book I had the feeling that the author really did have a check list of things she felt had to be included to make this novel "definitive" West Indian literature.
This book has too much and too little all at once. I can't fault the style of writing, its very readable. But that doesn't make it a good story. This book should have been great, but instead I found it to be a dreary catalogue of places and events that at the end of the day I really didn't care about.Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange: A Novel Overview

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