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Der Schwarze Flamingo by Dean Atta

90 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.5

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escapismforlife's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was a beautiful prose book that covers many essential topics. I'm glad I finally got to be able to finish it up. But also sad this young adult self discovery book has to end. I can't wait to see whatever Dean Atta comes out with next. Whenever it comes out.

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yliana's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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hngisreading's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

4.0

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clarabooksit's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring fast-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

3.25

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hannahbailey's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

Quick but provocative YA read, written in verse! This is a great coming-of-age novel that draws on the character's sexuality, race and acceptance of oneself. I loved reading this verse and how it connected from one piece to the next. Any readers put off by the idea of verse in a novel: don't be! It's a very engaging and accessible text with short and sharp poems that keep you thinking long after you've turned the page.

TW: racism, homophobia, bullying, drug use

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menomica's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

Remember you have the right to be proud. Remember you have the right to be you.

Oh god. Wow. Wow.
This book is so beautiful and powerful. I think this is a very great source of Black Queer literature. I loved walking with Micheal from childhood to his college years. Watching him grow into himself, making and loosing friends.

I loved that this book didn’t focus on love. There was love definitely, between friends and family, but Micheal never had a main love interest, but guys that he was really into, which is, exactly the experience of being a teenager/young adult. This book just focused on Micheal and how he felt. And it did so with beautiful prose. I don’t usually care too much about poetry, but this book was very great in both it’s formatting and it’s use of language. Very amazing.

I also learned a lot about drag through this. No so much the technical aspect but the emotional artist’s statement. I loved learning about how personal drag performance is, and getting to the heart it being a form of self expression and playing with gender.

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brassnbooks's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

Bought this on sale on the Kindle store and it was worth it. I really enjoyed it although I hated how fast it was. I liked the way the writing was formatted and had a poetry element to it
Had some points that I felt iffy with but overall it wasn't a terrible boik

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my_weird_bookish_heart's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring fast-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

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strange's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-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

2.75

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