11.7k reviews for:

O Reformatório Nickel

Colson Whitehead

4.32 AVERAGE

rachaellid's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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: No

elepcep3's review against another edition

5.0

medium-paced

frenchfrybri's review against another edition

5.0

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oh jesus. definitely a contender for best book i’ve read in 2025

cuhlexis's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

quietcaribou's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

aj_horne's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

jkrodgers's review against another edition

4.0

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I thought the book was well written and easy to follow overall. I didn’t LOVE the closing only because I had so many questions left unanswered (call it a gift and a curse). I enjoyed the connections made between the ideals of the late Dr. MLK and how those ideals look in practice. This made for a perfect Black History Month read. I also was quite surprised by the end-of-book twist too!

acm_86's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad medium-paced

dylannnnnn's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jlkirby's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark hopeful informative sad slow-paced