A review by gertrude314
New People by Danzy Senna

3.0

It was cool to learn more about the black culture in America and get more insight into the Jonestown massacre. I enjoyed her conflict over the poet but the ending was cray. I felt like the character had so much dignity and pride in her race and to be undone by a man was just so...typical? Expected? Disappointing? Did this book that was SO about race become sexist in the end? Was it supposed to be enlightening, in that you can be so aware of yourself in one area in your life that other things slip away? I'm not sure it was that ambitious and felt less intentional than that.