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sammietee's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Dementia, Death of parent, Classism, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, and Abandonment
librabby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Dementia, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Racism, and Death of parent
ylienna's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Racism and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Death of parent and Dementia
gabuwu's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use
melanieripple's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Dementia, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Racism
innastholiel's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Abandonment
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Hate crime, Violence, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Sexual content
Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, Dysphoria, Medical content, Rape, and Sexual violence
ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Dementia and Racism
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Racial slurs
Minor: Transphobia and Cursing
rebeccarudisill's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Racism, Violence, Dementia, and Physical abuse
zara89's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Death, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Medical content, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Hate crime
Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Dementia, Bullying, Cursing, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Classism
tm400's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
detailing the story of two black twin sisters, the two run away from home (in rural louisiana) in the 1950s and lead separate lives into adulthood. one of the twins stays in their black hometown of mallard while the other starts passing as a white woman living a life of luxury in los angeles. colorism within the black community is one of the main themes of the book, and the negative repercussions of it are brought up throughout the novel in both the twins' lives and their daughters' lives as well.
this was a beautiful story about sisterhood and identity, how being black is an intrinsic part of the self, regardless of how you choose to present yourself. the story is definitely character driven, which is a nice change of pace from the books i've been reading recently. speaking of pace, i was not the biggest fan of the way the story was told; there was a lot of jumping back & forth in time from part to part, but also from chapter to chapter and sometimes within the chapter itself. it was slightly confusing to have the setting/time change so frequently, but i thoroughly enjoyed this book !! 4.5/5 stars
(my copy also had 389 pages yay)
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Dementia and Sexual harassment