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paigereitz's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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? It's complicated
5.0
It is, as the name suggests, a hell of a book. It is an intense deep dive into race relations in novel form, from the Black experience, and it is an emotionally heavy read, but it was so, so good. An indictment on modern society, skillfully woven through a story that is disorienting and jarring and hard and emotional. I'll be processing this book for a long time.
From the book, "Laugh all you want, but I think learning to love yourself in a country when you're told that you're a plague on the economy, that you're nothing but a prisoner in the making, that your life can be taken away from you at any moment and there's nothing you can do about it - learning to love yourself in the middle of all that? Hell, that's a goddamn miracle."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Police brutality, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cancer, Slavery, and Grief
hannah2186's review
dark
sad
tense
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
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Grief, Genocide, Colonisation, Child death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Violence, Death of parent, Classism, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Hate crime
amerikanerin's review
I'm a quarter of the way in and this drunk author is wandering around getting smacked repeatedly by a driver, I will not waste my time reading further. The first quarter is not well written in my opinion.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Physical abuse
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