What readers think of The Mothers, plus links to write your own review.

Britt Bennett's writing flows like water. You immediately feel like you know and can relate to her characters no matter how different you are from them. It is insightful, thought provoking and delicately deals with heavy subject matter in a way that feels natural.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys literature at it's best.

A debut book that hits on a plethora of human issues - teen pregnancy, suicide, and abortion among others. It was the intertwined stories of Aubrey, Nadia, and Luke, three black teens in San Diego, and how the choices they made, the secrets they kept and the regrets they had, shaped their destinies.
At times I felt like this novel was like moving puzzle pieces toward a completion that just never quite fit together. I felt the ending to this story was overly abrupt. This book just did not pull at my heart strings, as I had hoped it would.
With that said, Bennett is a new author and one I will watch and read again, in hopes of benefiting from her continued writing experience.