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kaehlin 's review for:
Say Nice Things about Detroit
by Scott Lasser
I'm giving this three stars because I like the title, and the author does capture some of the essence of the Midwest and Detroit. I suppose the breakneck pace is ok. However, characters are thinly drawn stereotypes, particularly around issues of race. Without giving too much away, I think the climactic scene is impossible to believe, and the character's response to the trauma involved makes no sense at all. Am I really to believe that being held at gunpoint in her boyfriend's house, then seeing two men killed there, will make the upper-middle class pregnant white woman feel like this is her home, and she decides to stay, because she's fought for it? Some potential here, but in the end the unbelievable story is too unbelievable. Which is too bad, because I think the author makes some positive points that are lost in the chaos of some weak plot turns.