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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Queenie is such a complex character and I really felt for her struggles as much as I could because I can't speak fully to her experiences.
She is a Jamaican British woman, working at a newspaper where she would love to write about the Black experience but the paper won't let her, and she gets dumped by her boyfriend of 3 years. This sets her off on a very destructive path.
This book deals with so much.... racism, creepy men who feel they can treat a woman in any way they want, unprotected sex and the consequences of it, stigma some have of going to therapy to help sort out life and so much more.
She is a Jamaican British woman, working at a newspaper where she would love to write about the Black experience but the paper won't let her, and she gets dumped by her boyfriend of 3 years. This sets her off on a very destructive path.
This book deals with so much.... racism, creepy men who feel they can treat a woman in any way they want, unprotected sex and the consequences of it, stigma some have of going to therapy to help sort out life and so much more.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
For me, it was a timely and important read. A small idea of the micro and not-so-micro aggressions that Black women face.
fast-paced
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This one was a big miss. It was a tiresome, slow slog filled with a bunch of characters who didn’t make me feel anything. While I don’t need to like a character, I want to feel something. I just didn’t care. Most of the situations Queenie finds herself in just made me angry. While not unrealistic, there was nothing redeeming or remotely hopeful anywhere in this story.
challenging
dark
emotional
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loved this book and didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did. Grounded in real London with layered characters, who are at the intersection of race, sex and class while experiencing mental health crises for the first time.
So there’s this layer that’s relatable on a “I’m a twenty-something too, and I live in London, I’ve experienced heartache and loss too”, but then there’s this deeper level as Queenie unpicks her behaviour, her emotional landscape and her family history, that takes it to this other level.
In the end, a lot of the things that helped her, helped me in my own life with my own problems, but I also appreciated that it wasn’t like “happy times now, the end” but more a, things are better now, and that’s okay.
So there’s this layer that’s relatable on a “I’m a twenty-something too, and I live in London, I’ve experienced heartache and loss too”, but then there’s this deeper level as Queenie unpicks her behaviour, her emotional landscape and her family history, that takes it to this other level.
In the end, a lot of the things that helped her, helped me in my own life with my own problems, but I also appreciated that it wasn’t like “happy times now, the end” but more a, things are better now, and that’s okay.