Much like Saint X, n the end, when all is revealed, it’s very anti-climactic. I had things in my mind of what I wanted to happen, exciting things, but I was always left hoping for more.

I was hoping it would get better as I continued to read, but it never did.

The Vanishing Half began very slow for me. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters’ storylines intersect? Click here to buy The Vanishing Half on Amazon Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it’s everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. It was selected as a pick for the Good Morning America book club.įor more on Brit and what’s next, click here. The Vanishing Half is a New York Times Best Selling book. When I started, I couldn’t wait to finish it – not because it was good, but because I was looking forward to more action, something happening… it never really did for me. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett got a lot of attention when it was released, so I was excited to read it.

Summary of the vanishing half