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Harlem Shuffle

Colson Whitehead

3.68 AVERAGE

va_nja_'s review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

trichechus's review against another edition

3.5

funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

muddylein's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

devitalise's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

i’d been anticipating reading this book for over a year, so it’s just such a shame i didn’t love it like i thought i would.

for as immersive and grounding it is, the sentence structure felt so janky and jarring at times. carney reminiscing on the past and his childhood—whilst moving and an aspect of his characterisation approached with genuine care—was done in such a way that left me confused jumping from past to present. a lot of his thoughts never moved past where he was at the start of the book, even as his circumstances and harlem change around him. i don’t know.

it’s not all bad, though. harlem felt so alive and real, and the stakes at play had very real consequences, too.