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avianap's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
tense
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
5.0
emmaleegs's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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? No
4.5
audiobook probably made this better and i’ve never said that before!! felt realistic, told a story i wanted to hear, had dynamic characters. love love love
abbypearce1's review against another edition
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
librarylizzie's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
verochanterelle's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
azadeh's review against another edition
3.0
This book nicely showed the subtle ways white people can be racist without consciously knowing what they are doing wrong. I liked the book's idea and the characters but I feel it got too long and I lost interest at some point. I continued because I don't like to leave books unfinished and wanted to see if my idea about the book changes by the end. But it didn't. I feel a shorter version would keep me interested until the end.
sandpiiper's review against another edition
4.0
moral ambiguity, baby!! my favorite!! + this is the first book to make me cry in a while
natalie_is_reading's review against another edition
4.0
Very interesting! Definitely pulled me along, I read this in just a few days, and certainly thought provoking. I quite liked both perspectives and hearing their internal thoughts, and especially with Alix there was a lot of conflicted cringing because like yeah, white people are like that. Thought a lot about my own biases and ideas and wokeness and performative activism and all that. The ending was okay, definitely some things didn’t quite make sense. While there were many moments when I thought “is this whole thing complete satire?” There was also a fair amount of relatable realistic thoughts from not knowing what you want to do with your life to race to obsession.