I love books that fling the reader back and forth across history, especially up and down one character's family tree, and Lara does it exceptionally. Evaristo produced such fascinating narratives of Brazilian, English, Irish, German and Nigerian characters, and with her somewhat centreing this story around London, readers are invited to see active evolution and development, both through the ways in which London works as a backdrop for these characters, and how it integrates itself into their everyday lives - with each generation having to combat prejudices and social problems, from both external and internal sources.

As well as an excellent story, Evaristo, again, is fantastic in her style of writing. Whilst it's so complex and intricate, it's easily consumable, which only adds to the text's positives. This novel having being written in verse, too, is another commendable attribute. It's a book I felt I could read quite swiftly, but wanted to keep going on for hours anyway. I would happily spend days exploring this family tree in even more depth.