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Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

88 reviews

spiritfishin's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

3.0

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lllomnylll's review

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.25

I definitely recommend this book! Some of the stories are much stronger than others. The last story has some of the best world-building. The stories vary greatly and all condemn aspects of society and of individuals' values, beliefs, and actions. Very dark and dystopic but neccisarry and gripping.

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hummeldon's review

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dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

Lots of visceral, in-your-face, surrealist satire on race and consumerism. Adjei-Brenyah eschews subtlety to paint some damn vivid pictures in just 15-20 pages.

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jfutz's review

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

sheeesh this was full of some disturbing imagery and stories. it was kind of a complicated read for some of them, i feel like maybe the points were too over my head for a few but all of it was very well written. i think it’s mostly cut and clear what the author was getting across when it comes to violence, racism, the self, and consumerism. each voice of the character within a story was unique, it never felt repetitive or anything. i appreciate this a lot, i think the author has an amazing view and creativity. not sure i’d ever read it again though :P

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inkcap's review

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challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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katharina90's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I love stories that makes me deeply uncomfortable and this collection delivered.

Many of the stories evoked visceral emotions as racism, capitalism & co were explored in dystopian settings that felt all too real. As with Chain-Gang All-Stars, the world building was so disturbing because it's just a step or two away from our current reality.

The quality of this short story collection was fairly consistent throughout, and I enjoyed almost every story which is rare for me. I'm not even gonna try to pick favorites.

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