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The Unfortunates by J.K. Chukwu

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ronanmcd's review

dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This felt very real. A young black woman in her final year of college suffers under the weight of everything life t rows at her: judgemental relatives, her depression and suicidal ideation, frenemies, failure, race, injustice, death of those who are close, addiction. She's pretty miserable.
It was an eye opening read, especially for me. Nothing shows inequality better than his we don't all start from the same level, and how when the odds are against us, it gets even harder progressively.

jaysim79's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

readwithchar's review against another edition

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dark funny sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

abalabaly's review

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too dark

danaishpastry's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

readwithanna's review against another edition

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3.0

While the writing style i particular was interetsing, it got a little tiring to the stre m of consciousness and vignett style of writing. That made it hard to connect with the character.