The Namesake is a powerful novel. One worth your time.
Evan has a great talent as an artist. His teachers are encouraging him to pursue his talent. Evan has to write an essay. So he decides to write it based on his father. Evan’s father took his own life when he and his mother were attending Mass on Easter. Evan does not really know his father, so he decides that the essay will be a good way to get to find out who he really was. As Evan digs into his father’s past, he learns some dark secrets. Ones that the town would like to keep hidden. To be honest I had no clue where this story was leading when I first picked this book up. I did know there would be some dark secret with Evan’s father but the truth was pretty scary and chilling and maybe a little disturbing. I guess it is true how the saying goes “The truth shall set you free”. The past story involving Evan’s father and his story told through his journal entries was more intriguing then the present. Most of the other characters I did find to be less appealing. They just did not ...