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Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

3 reviews

2treads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The ways in which Spires tackles the issues of race, class and preferences here aren't new but there is a certain spin that she has brought to each character and their story which makes them fresh and lends a certain resonance as the reader interacts with and responds to each person and their individuality within their environment. She is allowing her characters to be themselves in all their beauty, with all their flaws, either reckoning with or accepting themselves as they are.
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crazytourists_books's review

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emotional funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

I really enjoyed this collection of short stories (some of them connected, in one way or another). 
Fresh, vivid, nicely written, with well.wotked out characters, about the experience of being black and a whole lot of other things; from family and work relationdiships, trauma, bullying, ableism and being disabled, social media, suicide...
My favourite stories were the first (that shares its title with the collection) and the last; they both broke my heart...
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jilliant's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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