A review by tacoboutmari
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

emotional mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I loved the beginning of this book. However as the book went on it became very predictable and half thought out and almost too convenient for the FMC. Short chapters helped me through this. I loved the amount of diversity and intersectionality of cultures this had, but seemed very far fetched and almost performative at times.
I do not understand how Lin and Pearl were still alive when Covey died at 70… see what I mean by convenient. There was really nothing more to add to Lin’s story. I just felt like it was thrown in there but not needed.
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