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challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book is a very cleaver post racial satire catalysed by the post racial discourse of the 2010s. It is unremittingly absurd. Bon Bon attempts to reestablish a his home town, swallowed up by gentrification, by reintroducing segregation. Chock full of puns, references and sub cultural ins and outs this book is about taking things to their illogical conclusion and reading it now it still feels relevant and on point. If anything it feels too tame in a post truth era.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Ableism
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