Reviews - In Every Mirror She's Black

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In Every Mirror She's Black

Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

3.74 AVERAGE

emmatee's review against another edition

2.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

roranon's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional 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: Yes

sweet_margarita's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

Content Warnings

nsfonline's review against another edition

4.0

Wow. Jae dropping ending. Fiction but not fiction. Racial and other realities.

pattyjocreads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I know this book has mixed reviews. For me, I really enjoyed the complexity and the pain and the
.

There

are
passionate scenes in the book, but it doesn’t really feel like a love story. I enjoyed it very much.

boknatta's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective 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: Complicated

sweetheart_ieohmingpei's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

ecox180's review against another edition

2.5

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Another case of cool premise, bad execution. I really wanted to like this, but I found that the characters were not well developed and each storyline felt shallow, rushed, and without resolution. While it was well-written, it felt like it struggled to fully tell us it’s message.

I did like that it was set in Stockholm, however, as it was a fun change of pace of typical big city settings and also made me feel nostalgic for my time there.