MixedThe Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWhile the snappy dialogue and glamorous 'Eat, Pray, Love in Northern California' plot make this novel entertaining, I Almost Forgot about You straddles the world of fairytale romance and the reality of middle-agedom without finding its footing in either ... This novel, like much of Ms.McMillan’s work, explores the emotional truth beneath the glamorous (and gritty) details of everyday Black upper class life and the cathartic power of love. These themes are, unfortunately, mishandled by the choice of the present-tense first person narration, which often feels like, as Georgia reflects on her disappointments, your grandmother delivering some advice you didn’t ask for in the form of platitudes ... The best parts of the novel are her flashbacks to her younger days and sexual experiences, which take on the delicious tone of beauty shop gossip. The easy vernacular makes the unflinchingly honest account of emotional and sexual maturation for Georgia easy to digest.
