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Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

16 reviews

itsharrietrj's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

memorable's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage

ellioteverafter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I hope your next girlfriend is white, Tom. That way she won't be too fucking much for you. 

Queenie is a piece that made me unbelievably sad and angry. I understood intimately the struggles she went through and despaired at her seemingly endless forgiveness. But this is a story of healing and learning to cope, and it's incredibly important for us as Black people. I hope people learn a lot from this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Stalking, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

deesquared's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment and Stalking

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

tj26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Loved this book! I couldn’t put it down, so sad for the majority but I really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Racism

Moderate: Stalking, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

tina94's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I didn't really warm to this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Stalking

Minor: Police brutality

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