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If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

105 reviews

caidyn's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful medium-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? Yes

4.0

I waited so long to read this book and it was so good. Emotional and heartfelt. Complex characters.

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carly25's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny fast-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

A story about black America that’s not written for a white audience or the “white gaze”. I liked the way the narrator talks about people sometimes by name as though they’re strangers and other times by their familial relation. It kept an interesting distance although she was a protagonist.

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haileyeh's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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joshgroven's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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cirrenamarie's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense medium-paced

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sarabrogan's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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chrisandrews's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

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humanblight's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative 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

4.0

Many layers of what it means to ‘care’ authentically and with your full self. There is family here, but it’s extended and absorbing to those that need that unconditional feeling of acceptance. Without being the protagonist, Sharon’s personality IS the book, she is more than a mother and it’s hard to describe exactly what her empathy and omniscience does to you as a reader. Sometimes it’s just fulfilling to watch a world (fictional or not) unfold without any effort on your part: to witness, feel helpless, and to semi-consciously marvel at the many ways we can relate to other people.

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mookiana's review

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dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

An engrossing read that tugs you between love and fear for the characters trapped within the clutches of the racist US carceral system and struggling to get out, literally and figuratively.

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krisc1989's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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