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Samling by Natasha Brown

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roraisabella's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

a gripping and important read. i read it in one sitting. the themes and some of the lines stick with you for days after, however the pacing and style of writing was difficult to follow at times for me. if you like intellectual and poetic writing, you may appreciate it more.

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lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Great commentary on every day racism and constant microaggressions. A very important book, and I'm glad I read it but the disjointed narrative style didn't work overly well for me personally

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savvylit's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad fast-paced

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Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

In just over 100 pages of fragmented prose, Natasha Brown dissects the racism inherent in everyday life in the UK. From endless microaggressions to very direct slurs, Brown examines the legacy of British imperialism and how it affects our narrator's every interaction. Assembly is a story about agency, detachment, identity, and generational oppression.

Overall, I loved Assembly. This novella was bleak, heart-wrenching, and thought-provoking. An excellent book - not to mention debut! - from Natasha Brown.

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d0505's review against another edition

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challenging reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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absolute_bookery's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Read this in one sitting and wow wow wow, what a book. An informed, brutally honest portrayal and narrative on race, class, conformity and choice. Excellently written and emotion provoking, can't believe this is a debut.

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ymorii's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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bookswithhan's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I wasn't sure what to expect when I delved into this book. It was one I'd seen floating around on here and so I snatched it up in the half price sale to deal with my FOMO.

Assembly is beautifully written as a fractured narrative. The story jumps between different parts of a black woman's life; one part being where she is getting ready for her white boyfriend's family party and her daily life of work. This is interspersed with the revelation that the woman has cancer that she is seemingly trying to avoid and put to one side. She begins to question the cost of her ascending career alongside a life with a white man whilst dealing with a cancer diagnosis.

The writing, whilst beautiful, is angry and impactful and delivers a profound indictment of racism and classicism in Britain. Natasha Brown makes clear and raw observations of society through the woman's eyes that is done so with such majestic poetry.

This book may be short in length but is extremely rich and deep.

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ashleyann's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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balkeyeston's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense 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

In less than 100 pages, Natasha Brown has given us a finely calculated portrait of Blackness being wielded by white people as both a blessing and a disease. I'll refrain from spoilers here, but the extended metaphor of disease in particular is just *chef's kiss*. While Assembly is yet another book on the brutality of post-Brexit/post-Trumpian racism and nationalist denial, it lays bare the wounds of racialized microaggression, inherent class privilege, and nationalist stereotyping.

It's really difficult to go into further detail about this without spoilers--especially because the novella is so short I'd essentially be quoting from the whole book. All I can settle with for now is that Assembly is "The Yellow Wallpaper" of our social undoing.

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shelfofunread's review against another edition

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challenging reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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