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Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

62 reviews

victoriakate's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexism

librariangeorgia's review

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

kcomay's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This book was presented as Bridget Jones meets Americanah, but it lacked the humor of the first and the prose of the latter. 

The first half was banal, it felt like going through the motions of a depressed twenty something (of which I'm all too familiar) but didn't offer any new or interesting insights into the struggles of this age demographic. Queenie is struggling post break up and spends almost the entirety of the book pining over an absolute waste of space of a man, Tom. The only thing of interest I took away from it was when Queenie sleeps with her first circumcised penis. Which I thought was funny because the conversation is the same in America (but the opposite). 

The second half of the story gained a lot of traction, and for a short period I was really enjoying where it was going, but ultimately it just didn't work for me. I didn't like Queenie, and was constantly frustrated by her decisions, but when she finally got herself together, she ultimately ended up making disappointing decisions. 

(**COUGH COUGH** CASSANDRA) 
Why was in barely addressed that she was "afraid to date black men"?

Darcy and Kayize were awesome, and I wanted to know more about them. Also THE COVER IS GORGEOUS! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

mamagina's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful fast-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

4.0

Queenie is witty, honest, confused, pinballing through life at a breaking point. She is a character of multitudes and Candice Carty-Williams writes the diverse voices in her life with a deft hand. 

What we learn is to inhabit the mind and body of trauma, and more specifically, the trauma of a black woman in London, from the inside.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Hate crime, and Gun violence

raquelbb's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Racism, and Child abuse

kierscrivener's review

I didn't realize it began with miscarriage and then put me in a bad headspace to vicariously experience sexual violence and misogyny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Moderate: Body shaming

carolinalopes's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism and Body shaming

redwrapped's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs

naju's review

dark emotional tense 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

3.25

a while ago i wrote a review on letterboxd for the movie A Fantastic Woman that said: "painful from my head to my toes. i'm still uncertain as to if i think cinema making you This uncomfortable is productive or not... we'll see"

i feel almost the same about this book. there is a lot of suffering, suffering i know happens in real life. we do get some development after all, and it ends on a hopeful note, but my stomach is still turning. don't know how to feel about it yet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Minor: Physical abuse and Rape

pinkberryoasis's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Toxic relationship