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katt_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This book is an entrance to my own self.
minijelly's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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
2.5
bowa_books's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
4.5
coffeebooksrepeat's review
5.0
I don’t know where to start. Honestly, I don’t.
The moment I finished reading the Prologue, I knew I would love the book; what I did not prepare myself for was how much I would love it.
When the world is giving you more and more reasons to give up on people, on the future, or life in general, it would also find its way of showing you why you shouldn’t, could be in songs, art, people, and stories, yours or others.
This 150-page tiny book of friendship, dreams, passion, pain, loss, grief, freedom, and love is the book we need in the middle of this uncertainty and turmoil — honest, tender, strong, and beautiful. Beautiful.
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"would soon learn that love made you worry, but it also made you beautiful."
"In this way there are things which you both know and speak with your very being, but here go unsaid."
"Besides, sometimes, to resolve desire, it’s better to let the thing bloom. To feel this thing, to let it catch you unaware, to hold onto the ache. What is better than believing you are heading towards love?"
"Maybe the ancestors are always within and you let them emerge."
"You worked twice as hard today, but that isn’t important, not here, not now. All that matters is that you are here, that you are present, can’t you hear? What does it sound like? Freedom?"
"Sometimes you forget that to be you is to be unseen and unheard, or it is to be seen and heard in ways you did not ask for. Sometimes you forget to be you is to be a Black body, and not much else."
The moment I finished reading the Prologue, I knew I would love the book; what I did not prepare myself for was how much I would love it.
When the world is giving you more and more reasons to give up on people, on the future, or life in general, it would also find its way of showing you why you shouldn’t, could be in songs, art, people, and stories, yours or others.
This 150-page tiny book of friendship, dreams, passion, pain, loss, grief, freedom, and love is the book we need in the middle of this uncertainty and turmoil — honest, tender, strong, and beautiful. Beautiful.
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"would soon learn that love made you worry, but it also made you beautiful."
"In this way there are things which you both know and speak with your very being, but here go unsaid."
"Besides, sometimes, to resolve desire, it’s better to let the thing bloom. To feel this thing, to let it catch you unaware, to hold onto the ache. What is better than believing you are heading towards love?"
"Maybe the ancestors are always within and you let them emerge."
"You worked twice as hard today, but that isn’t important, not here, not now. All that matters is that you are here, that you are present, can’t you hear? What does it sound like? Freedom?"
"Sometimes you forget that to be you is to be unseen and unheard, or it is to be seen and heard in ways you did not ask for. Sometimes you forget to be you is to be a Black body, and not much else."
angebil's review against another edition
emotional
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? It's complicated
3.5
De belles métaphores qui révèlent la difficulté que de nager en eaux libre lorsqu’on est effrayé d’ouvrir la bouche et de se noyer, au risque de suffoquer. Les défauts propre à ce « tu » dont plusieurs traits nous éloignent, mais qui font echo.
Rythme et qualité des métaphores un peu trop irréguliers qd même. Très #emo
Rythme et qualité des métaphores un peu trop irréguliers qd même. Très #emo
inesreadstoomuch's review against another edition
I wasn't thinking about it during the day, didn't particularly look forward to reading it and couldn't stay focused.
madipackett's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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? No
4.25
This is a short but powerful read. Through poetic art, Nelson explores what it’s like to be a young black man in London, touching on masculinity, police brutality, the trauma of racism, and love. Highly recommend.