Gladys Onoh and Hannah Onoh
English 100
11/30/2011
Book review
We read Brooklyn, a book by Colm Toibin. This book is quite interesting and educative. However, it is also depressing. Brooklyn is about a girl named Eilis and her family in Ireland. Eilis have an elder sister and three brothers. Her brothers lived in England. Eilis couldn’t find a good job in Ireland after she graduated from college. She decided to go to America so that she can find a better job and help her family. The author did a good job because he narrated the story very well to the extent that the reader visualizes settings. When you read the book it makes you feel like everything is happening right in front of you and can put yourself in the main character’s shoe.
Nevertheless, the book is a little depressing and realistic because right from the beginning of the novel, the story started off very sadly. We kept reading with the hope that things will get better but just as the story was about getting better tragedy struck the family. They lost the eldest sister rose, who happens to be breadwinner and our second favorite character. Throughout the story, it was one misfortune or the other. The book is educative because it makes you travel to Ireland without actually going there physically. Though the book didn’t end as we expected but we will recommend this book to anyone who likes to read all type of books because little realistic, it is not like fiction where anything is possible or where things that don’t happen in real life take place. This book is not for anyone who is easily unhappy because it will worsen their situation. Overall, the book is the bomb.
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