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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
This book is BAD!
1) why all the different points of view
2) WHAT THE FUCK WAS GOING ON
3) felt like it was not like the blurb AT ALL
4) see point 2
Almost a DNF because I thought it was going to get good like the reviews said but NOPE
1) why all the different points of view
2) WHAT THE FUCK WAS GOING ON
3) felt like it was not like the blurb AT ALL
4) see point 2
Almost a DNF because I thought it was going to get good like the reviews said but NOPE
Padding padding padding and then the plot in the last 30 pages. I was really excited for this but I wouldn’t really say it’s a psychological thriller! Interesting twist, but most of it was predictable.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
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:
No
Like Stepford Wives but for black women in publishing; engaging, surprising, relatable beyond identity, and great commentary. Tense at moments, yet I also laughed out loud!
I didn’t like this and ended up skimming a lot of it. This book could have been a third of its length and would’ve been much better for it.
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Get Out meets Such a Fun Age is the best way to describe this book. I appreciate a lot of what this book is doing and I’m an absolute SUCKER for stuff set in the literary world. But the more Get Out side of things was perhaps not explained enough? Although maybe more explanation would only illuminate how improbable the mechanics of that twist actually are. I have a lot of questions like why Nella? How does this work? Etc. that I don’t think are fully fleshed out. But this was incredibly readable (I read it in one night!) and that final paragraph twist was a good one.
I did not enjoy this book. Premise has potential, which is why it gets 2 stars. But the execution was awful. Two of my pet peeves is when the protagonist just lets things happen to them and they are unchanged at the end of a story. I'm not trying to be cute. These things are basic storytelling. But passivity is Nella's full-time job. None of the characters have depth and only act to artificially advance the plot. POV jumping was sloppily done. Nothing truly happens until the last 80 pages or so. The so-called conspiracy is corny. Ironically, this story could have worked much better as satire. And in short story form like the ones in those old Alfred Hitchcock anthologies. But she would need to turn up the weirdness so that the corniness can actually be terrifying. Red flag when this was compared to the movie Get Out. Copying something truly original only ends up being a cheap imitation. Read Luster or Legendborn instead, unless you want instruction on how not to write a story.
terminei esse livro com uma sensação esquisita e não sabia o porquê, até que li uma resenha que dizia "foi escrito POR uma mulher preta, mas não foi escrito PARA mulheres pretas" e é isso. sempre via algumas pessoas elogiando a história e a sinopse realmente me chamou atenção, mas saí decepcionada, sem falar das pontas soltas e várias questões que não foram bem trabalhadas. obviamente entendo como ficção funciona, mas esse plot me deixou bem desconfortável, não foi uma leitura que curti.
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• Scribd audiobook
The Other Black Girl is a thrilling debut about the tension between two young Black women who meet against the starkly white backdrop of NYC book publishing. Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. So, she's thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella's desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW.
• Scribd audiobook
The Other Black Girl is a thrilling debut about the tension between two young Black women who meet against the starkly white backdrop of NYC book publishing. Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. So, she's thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella's desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW.