Reviews

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

bookish_teacher_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

sesealyah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

jasmine_reads87's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

thatonebookdragon's review

5.0

This book made me laugh, made me mad, and made me cry. And I would do it all over again. A book that shook me to the core and got me thinking of how little time we have and how to make it count. And how important it is to know your family history as it can help you discover secrets and truths about your family.

carey_78's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

kaicifer07's review

4.0

This book was so good! :)
It has such great black lgbtq+ rep!
Also a very emotional book..might've cried a few times :0

rory11's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad

5.0

theoceanrose's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

afrokyhn's review against another edition

4.0

*Thank you NetGalley for this advanced eARC, in exchange for an honest review*

This YA novel was pretty excellent, it wasn’t just a fun little light read, like some are. It really captured a bunch of feelings, both the happy and the sad.
I really adored the family in general in this novel, even though they had their difficulties and differences, it was so nice to see a family come together and make up for all the time they have lost.
I loved that the author included some sapphic romance in it, it wasn’t the main plot of the novel, which I also thought was nice. The romance in itself was very cute and adorable, but there were the sadness to the whole coming out and getting caught with the same sex, which gave some angst to the novel.

They mystery in this novel wasn’t really was I thought about or like really noticed, it definitely made something to the story and it made people think about what really happened, but it didn’t do much for me.

Overall, I really loved this novel, it was funny, heartfelt, good writing and I also really loved the narrator.

izzys_internet_bookshelf's review

3.0

3/5

I had a fun time reading this book but I wish it would have gone into the mystery more, the romance was nice though, but as the mystery, I felt there wasn’t enough. The grandmother was a great character.