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Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

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beth_candish's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

buttercupita's review against another edition

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3.0

Probably unfair to compare to Woodson's "Brown Girl Dreaming", but I just didn't think this one was as good. The four friends described in this book are all interesting characters, and I would have loved more about each one of them. This felt like a sketch of what could be a very rich novel.

soniadevaraj's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5/5

libabbywilliams's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

gkf3232's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

hnntephe's review

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medium-paced

4.0

jencunn2024's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved this living, breathing portrait of 1970s Brooklyn. It tells a story and covers a plethora of topics through the eyes of a black teenage girl coming of age. The concepts of memory and death are pronounced in a novel chock full of life experience as well. Woodson’s writing reads like prose and the streaming thoughts birth a wonderful narrative that concludes as a neatly-wrapped gift for the reader.