After Roy gets released from prison, I am more than frustrated and hence my decision to DNF.Ĭelestial did experience some things in her past even after Roy’s imprisonment that very well could cause her to come undone. But as I kept reading, I just couldn’t keep going. But I expected things would be different for them, that this wouldn’t break them, that they wouldn’t become another statistic, another stereotype. This seems realistic and very relevant for the time period we live in. In light of what happens with Roy and Celestial, I could see how his imprisonment strained and taxed an already volatile relationship. I suppose I had unrealistic expectations. Jones gives us glimpses into the varied relationships of the Roy and Celestial’s parents. No marriage is perfect but successful marriages and relationships in the black community aren’t always celebrated. Loyal love is an important aspect of marriage. I think I started to take her decisions personally as a married woman, as a black woman. How do we end up with Celestial having an affair with her best friend, who also happens to be her husband’s friend too? How does this happen if you love your husband and he’s innocent of what he’s been accused of? But what bothered me the most is that Roy and Celestial start to feel like clichés and stereotypes of black people. Their relationship quickly begins to unravel.Īs I kept reading, I could not understand the choices of the characters and that’s fine. Roy and Celestial, a newlywed couple, are faced with a new set of circumstances when Roy is wrongfully accused of raping a woman, sentenced and imprisoned. We still encounter situations were the color of our skin becomes the only thing people see and not the content of our character. There is no studio audience.”Īs black people in America, our histories are complex, our present and future, bright and hopeful, but not without challenges. Hello blog buddies! I’m back with an unpopular opinion on a book I recently attempted to read but stopped and DNF (did not finish).

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