Reviews with content warning for Infertility - Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

Spice Rating: 🌶️.5

I wanted so badly to LOVE this book. However, I liked this book and didn't love it.

Our main character, Tabby, is a 30-something-year-old Black woman living in the city. Tabby is a TV reporter with a promising future, has a gorgeous and low stress boyfriend, has two close girl friends who always have her back, and a great relationship with her grandmother, who is her name's sake. However, Tabby's problems begin when her doctor informs her of the ticking time bomb that is her fertility. Suddenly, Tabby has to figure out if her boyfriend wants to start a family within the next 6 months, and, on top of her newly chaotic life, both of her girl friends are having their own crises. As events continue to unfold, Tabby and her friends work through their separate life events and come together to support each other.

I think the author tried to cover such a large range of topics that make up part of the Black experience that it almost ruined the effect. These are all such important issues, but none of them were focused on for long since there were so many of them. However, I think the characters saved the book for me. They were all so unique and had plenty of opportunities to grow.

I do think this book touches on very important topics and is a good read!

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

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raereadssmut's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

"𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭."

I loved this book and the many messages it told. Our FMC, Tabby, is such a strong character and I loved her relationship with her grandmother and her friends. Their relationships were quite dysfunctional at times, but I loved their conversations and interactions. They were all such strong beautiful women.

I felt connected to Tabby due to the fact that she was struggling with infertility. Her and her man decided to break things off because he wasn’t ready for marriage and unsure if he’d ever want kids. She never really thought about kids until she was told she couldn’t have them, and had the choice taken from her. With that, Tabby decides to look into freezing her eggs in the off chance she might one day have kids.

Tabitha’s entire journey with infertility, racial bias, and finding herself was truly moving. I loved Tabby’s character and loved the journey she was on. She also got her own little HEA at the end 🫶🏻

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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