Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
"You follow your life; you don't lead your life". This is a story played out by a Trinidanian woman. Superstition, and men using women support this theory. In an opposing manner, men loving women, family ties, redemption and hope are intermingled. This book gives a solid glimpse of a female born in a country where poverty and superstition abide. It is a good book in which the characters are well developed. I was torn between giving this 4 or 5 stars, so I think the better rating would be 4.5. It lost marks with me because I could see the twist coming for a while before it actually happened, and all that happened with me then was that I was proven right. There wasn't really any surprise in that for me. This did kind of detract from my rating a little. Otherwise I felt the story was fairly original, although slightly reminiscent of The Color Purple by Alice Walker, and I have never come across a novel set in Tobago and Trinidad before, so that was nice and refreshing. A fairly enjoyable novel that I would recommend to others.
What do You think about Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange (2009)?
A good novel, although the events are somewhat predictable it is enjoyable and well written.
—MehrB
