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kpem's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
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? No
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. I listened to the audiobook, read by Daveed Diggs. I highly recommend that format as he did such a great job. It was just so beautiful and sad and fascinating and moving. The backstory of how the novella came to be: its first iteration was a mythology created by an Afrofuturism inspired electronic music group from Detroit, which was then used to create a song for This American Life by clipping (an experimental hip hop group; one of its members Daveed Diggs), and then Rivers Solomon adapted that song into this novella. It's just a fascinating history of adaptations and a beautiful story about adaptation and unpacking generational trauma. I truly just can't recommend it enough.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Violence
edg9878's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Miscarriage, and Racism
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