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bookss_and_more_bookss's review against another edition
5.0
I don't think I can find the words to fully do this book justice, but im going to try.
David, in no more than 130+- pages made me feel so much, being a black girl in her teens, also from the Caribbean, it felt like the author was talking to me, it felt like this was my open letter , and all I can say is thank you David, not only was this beautifully written, it was richly assembled and executed.
I HIGHLY recommend this! Very thought-provoking :)
David, in no more than 130+- pages made me feel so much, being a black girl in her teens, also from the Caribbean, it felt like the author was talking to me, it felt like this was my open letter , and all I can say is thank you David, not only was this beautifully written, it was richly assembled and executed.
I HIGHLY recommend this! Very thought-provoking :)
dfortin's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.25
rachaelsreadingnook's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
katieckb's review against another edition
4.0
This is a short book that is written as a message to his daughter. It describes his experience growing up as a person of colour and his hopes for her future. I liked the writing style.
sayevet's review against another edition
4.0
"You did not create the inequalities and injustices of this world, daughter. You are neither solely nor uniquely responsible to fix them. If there is anything to learn from the story of our ancestry, it is that you should respect and protect yourself; that you should demand not only justice but joy; that you should see, truly see, the vulnerability and the creativity and the enduring beauty of others."
"I had forgotten that racial identity is so rarely a matter of personal choice. That it is always, in origin, a falsehood and violence, though it can become, all the same, a necessary tool for acknowledging the enduring life and creativity of a persistently maligned people."
Growing up with white kids, "I glimpsed their contradictions, their inner doubts and vulnerabilities, their brave curiosities and cowardly tribalisms, their sincere desire to be good and also their ability to be casually cruel. The truth is that before I could appreciate my own complex humanity, I was made to understand and appreciate theirs, which I saw confirmed, over and over again, on television, in films, and in books."
"I had forgotten that racial identity is so rarely a matter of personal choice. That it is always, in origin, a falsehood and violence, though it can become, all the same, a necessary tool for acknowledging the enduring life and creativity of a persistently maligned people."
Growing up with white kids, "I glimpsed their contradictions, their inner doubts and vulnerabilities, their brave curiosities and cowardly tribalisms, their sincere desire to be good and also their ability to be casually cruel. The truth is that before I could appreciate my own complex humanity, I was made to understand and appreciate theirs, which I saw confirmed, over and over again, on television, in films, and in books."
caseythecanadianlesbrarian's review against another edition
4.0
In the vein of Ta-Nehisi Coates (both writers were inspired by the same James Baldwin essay), Chariandy writes a letter about race, identity, and belonging to his 13-year-old daughter. It's a very sweet, tender book that while reading feels almost like you've stumbled upon something too personal for outside eyes, like you're trespassing. Many beautiful loving words here. I'd probably recommend the print rather than the audiobook. I found Chariandy's narration too slow and overenuciated.