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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
The story of 2 sisters separated by an ocean, one raising her daughters in Michigan, USA and the other in Haiti. The narrator broadens the scope of the story to include other African Americans growing up and scraping by on the streets of Detroit. An important voice to hear.
3.5 I enjoyed Fabiola’s immigrant perspective and how different, for better AND worse, her life was when she moved to Detroit from Haiti. I also appreciated the context and complexity of the story as it described the challenges of life in inner city Detroit. It was a hard ending, but after some time thinking on it, it felt right for the story.
*Strong language
*Strong language
Decent YA throughout, but the last 15% was WOWZA. Narrated beautifully on Audible.
3.5 stars. I really enjoyed this perspective and loved reading about a young Haitian girl’s immigrant journey and struggles. Thought it was particularly illuminating about the pain and despair that comes from separating parent and child and wish more people could read this and understand. However, I did not necessarily love the plot of the story, which moved further and further away from that and more so into an American story of drugs, police, etc. really liked the closing line though!
The best book I have ever read, and I don't say that lightly. This book molded and twisted my soul in ways I did not know were possible. This book carved out new channels of grief in my heart. It's far from comfortable, and the book crushed me, but I've never had such a visceral reaction to a literary work before and Zoboi's craft is clearly incredible.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
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
I loved the book but the end though!!! I'm so sad because I loved Kasim so much and he was so bregar and was going to have such a great future. Ah my heart hurts.
I agree with other reviews- too much for one book. I understand that real life is complicated and has lots going on, but it didn't quite come together in the book. I did really like the descriptive language and thought the writing was strong.
Introspective blend of Haitian roots meets Detroit's streets: embracing family, survival and coming of age. This was not my favorite [a:Ibi Zoboi|5241080|Ibi Zoboi|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1458007096p2/5241080.jpg] book--but her writing still drew my interest all afternoon while I should have been taking a nap.