Reviews

You're Breaking my Heart by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

raavenreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.0

myblackbookish_life's review

adventurous mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I received a free advance reader copy as part of the Hear Our Voices book tour. All thoughts are my own.

I really, truly wanted to like this book but I felt such a disconnect with the main character and the side characters. There's a huge tonal shift from the first half to the second half of the book, I might not have minded it so much if I wasn't so busy being annoyed with Harriet's cousin and her friend who had an extremely interesting way of showing they cared about her. There were many times, in the 2nd half of the story, where I just thought they should stay out the way and let her make the decisions. (And I didn't appreciate the way the story tried to make me sympathize with Nikka and Luke. They never came across as genuine even as all 3 characters were very much grieving in their own ways.)

And finally, I hope this isn't in the final copy, but a warning for antisemitism: character (Harriet) calling another character (Nikka) a Nazi

 

kylamari's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0