Reviews

Notes on Her Color by Jennifer Neal

rae477's review

dark emotional reflective tense 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: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Racism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

atgerstner's review

reflective slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

watson_my_shelf's review

3.75

 From the first chapter, I was mesmerized by the beautiful writing style of this book. The words were almost musical. This book has such an interesting plot and, while I did like it, I didn’t love it. The plot was a little slow paced and I felt like nothing was happening at times, then too much was happening at others.

The symbolism the author uses with the mother and daughter passing by changing the colors of the skin to represent race was brilliant. This story is about the struggles of familial ties and finding yourself, how music can be transformative, and exploration. It really is well written!

I’ll be reading more from this author. 

katykatnip's review

sad slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

macknz_p's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-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

2.5

leah_hael's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Loved the concept, but felt that sometimes the pacing was off and the writing was too focused on building mood rather than being able to follow the plot.

jdew4516's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

amyrose23's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Self harm

libsreads's review

dark emotional reflective slow-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

haleynye's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0