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We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

42 reviews

dhatislandbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Murder

robinks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

I really enjoyed the cast of characters, and the relationships/conversations between them felt real. As a queer person who is estranged from bio family, the way some of the family issues were worked through rubbed me the wrong way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Outing, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Death, Racism, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Abandonment, Cancer, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Cursing, Vomit, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jkreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

4.5⭐️

This book was a tender and heartbreaking exploration of intergenerational trauma, race and sexuality. There was so much pain in this book, which was compounded by the fact that the characters were running out of time to lay it all to rest before Mama Letty passed away.

This was shaping up to be a five star read to me right up until the reveal of who killed Jade’s mother. I just felt like the reasoning behind it didn’t make sense given that it was apparently well known around town that her father was having an affair and therefore the only person who would really be hurt by her death was Jade, an innocent little girl. Idk, maybe the fact it didn’t make sense was the whole point but it just felt like the author was tying up a thread that could have been left loose.

I would really recommend this as a great coming-of-age story, the writing is beautiful and I look forward to checking out Jas Hammonds’ next novel ‘Thirsty’ once it releases!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Murder, Kidnapping, and Hate crime

Moderate: Homophobia, Classism, Cancer, Lesbophobia, and Death

Minor: Car accident

adrianas65's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Outing, Racism, Cancer, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

goodthingsread's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

This one really hit me hard, especially the ending. I should have seen the twist coming; in hindsight, it's almost too obvious to call it a twist. But I was too wrapped up in the emotions of the stories to spend time on the mystery, such as it is. There are times when I read YA novels and the characters do things that I understand, but the thoughts and feelings motivating those actions are never fully or accurately described. I didn't feel that way with this novel. Hammonds has a beautiful way of writing. Just enough, never too much. I look forward to more from them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Racism, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Outing

Minor: Body shaming and Police brutality

otakatoe3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Death, Outing, Cancer, Hate crime, Bullying, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

readingismyluvlanguage's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Hate crime, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Death

madanxiety's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

I don't have much to say. It's a sweet yet serious story about all kinds of love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Racism, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Outing and Alcoholism

datgirllani's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-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

5.0

Oh God, this book was devastatingly beautiful. It broke my heart and made it feel full at the same time. The writing? 10/10. There’s so much more meaning in this book that wasn’t written on the pages. Officially my favorite book I ever read. Please read it, you won’t regret. “I wanted to cry because I didn’t understand how a world so beautiful could also harbor so much pain”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Grief, Terminal illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Police brutality, Abandonment, Racism, and Alcoholism

mia_liest's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

A beautiful, black, queer coming-of-age story set in a small town including quite some family mysteries. I read through the night and loved (almost) all of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Grief, and Death

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Child death, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Murder