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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
3.5
I have 3 black daughters living in Uk. I hope I raise them to know their worth and never to date or fall in love with a racist.
It was heart wrenching reading about Yasmina, an intelligent black woman from a good middle class family allowing herself to be treated like a dirty secret by a racist boyfriend who uses his family’s as an excuse to hide his bigotry.
The fact that this is fiction doesn’t mean this is not reality for a lot of black women. The desire to be loved and have a family usually makes a lot of women ignore red flags. But ignoring racism? Being kept as a secret? No! That’s too much!
I despised Nur’s character and I’m glad about the ending!
I did a little epilogue in my head where Yasmina ends up with a handsome man who worships the ground she walks on (preferably a black man), and Nur ends up miserable with an “acceptable wife”…
The storytelling was excellent! But I hated the story because it’s quite relatable. I know a black woman married to a white man who says racists things and she keeps laughing it off as him being silly
I have 3 black daughters living in Uk. I hope I raise them to know their worth and never to date or fall in love with a racist.
It was heart wrenching reading about Yasmina, an intelligent black woman from a good middle class family allowing herself to be treated like a dirty secret by a racist boyfriend who uses his family’s as an excuse to hide his bigotry.
The fact that this is fiction doesn’t mean this is not reality for a lot of black women. The desire to be loved and have a family usually makes a lot of women ignore red flags. But ignoring racism? Being kept as a secret? No! That’s too much!
I despised Nur’s character and I’m glad about the ending!
I did a little epilogue in my head where Yasmina ends up with a handsome man who worships the ground she walks on (preferably a black man), and Nur ends up miserable with an “acceptable wife”…
The storytelling was excellent! But I hated the story because it’s quite relatable. I know a black woman married to a white man who says racists things and she keeps laughing it off as him being silly
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
i... just couldn't get into it... the MC was pretty shitty, honestly and i lost motivation to continue :/
Content Warnings
content warning for anti-Blackness
emotional
funny
sad
tense
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:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
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
I just don't think it's fair to address the racism within the South Asian community by subjecting the Black woman in your story to so much trauma.
Anti-Blackness in the South Asian community needs to be called out, but not at the expense of the Black characters in your story and not by treating Yasmina and her family as a plot device for Nur's journey of "self-actualization".
Anti-Blackness in the South Asian community needs to be called out, but not at the expense of the Black characters in your story and not by treating Yasmina and her family as a plot device for Nur's journey of "self-actualization".
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes