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Maame by Jessica George

20 reviews

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

merylas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

I found this book to be difficult to read but even more difficult to put down because there were A LOT of parts I related to this story. I wish I had this book closer to

my father’s passing

. I wonder if it would have helped me make better choices and treat myself better.

I don’t know how people who haven’t experienced these major themes

death (specifically one that makes you lose your center) and/or parentification

will feel about this book; I hope that they will let Jess’s strong writing teach them and/or prepare them. I also don’t know how those who have will either I guess. Will it be too hard? As such, I can’t recommend this book but I wish people did so that I have someone to lean on and discuss it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

jesstele's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug use, Death of parent, Dementia, Infidelity, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Sexual content

kshertz's review against another edition

inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It took me a minute to get into this book into really understand this family. There is a lot of building up of different events in this person’s life so that you can understand everyone around them and that took me some time. But once I understood her more and her father, I was really interested in where the story would go. I feel like the story is extremely relatable for people trying to get a job right now and take care of themselves and their family at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Dementia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Sexual content

ittywitty's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad tense 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

5.0

Brilliant debut and coming-of-age story. I was not prepared for Maddie and now I wish I could be her friend. Some parts witty and hilarious, other parts raw and heartbreaking. I devoured in days, would highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Racism, Death of parent, Sexual content, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Drug use

readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Thanks to Libro FM for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for a review .

This was such a compelling story with great writing and so much heart. I really liked Maddie, she felt so realistically flawed and nuanced and you could tell from the author's writing how much they care about her as a character. Even though she made mistakes and poor decisions, I couldn't help but root for her, and I was so pleased when she finally stood up for herself and spoke candidly to her mother and brother about their absentee behavior.   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Racism, and Emotional abuse

tsodeur's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.5

This started slow for me but I liked where it went. Maddie is complicated and lovable and relatable at times and just all around a character you truly feel you’re in her head. 4.5 stars rounded up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Racism, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Bullying, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

emotional

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Maddie is just so damn relatable. What a beautiful, sad and emotional coming of age story. I'm going to be thinking about this book for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

cee_ceon's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Sexual content, Abandonment, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, and Biphobia

jenmcreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

This book was fantastic (and the audio is excellently narrated)! I went in fairly blind and ended up listening to the whole audiobook in one day. Maddie is such a well written character, and manages to balance her anxieties, her naivete, and her intelligence so realistically. I loved the ruminations on grief, challenging family dynamics, parentification, delayed adulthood, and modern dating, among other themes. This one is sticking in my mind for sure. I look forward to reading more from Jessica George I hope!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content and Biphobia