I thought YELLOW CROCUS was a very simplistic and uneven narrative.
The first half focused on Mattie, the slave, and was more interesting than the second half, which focused solely on Lisbeth, the little girl Mattie nursed and basically raised from the day she was born. Things did pick up in the middle, but then fizzled out into boring courting and preparing for balls.
In the end, I thought it was a sweet and honest look at the kinds of human bonds that transcend race, class and time. B/B-.
The first half focused on Mattie, the slave, and was more interesting than the second half, which focused solely on Lisbeth, the little girl Mattie nursed and basically raised from the day she was born. Things did pick up in the middle, but then fizzled out into boring courting and preparing for balls.
In the end, I thought it was a sweet and honest look at the kinds of human bonds that transcend race, class and time. B/B-.
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