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A review by mishale1
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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? No
4.5
Wow, this book pulls you right in and doesn’t let you go.
At the very beginning of this book Justyce has a terrifying incident with a cop.
Justyce was trying to prevent his ex girlfriend from driving drunk. He went out in the middle of the night to help her. He got her safely into the backseat of her car and got her keys. He was planning to drive her home and a cop saw him and practically (directly? I don’t remember) accused him of kidnapping her.
Soon Justyce was on the ground, handcuffed, with an aggressive white cop who had already decided Justyce was guilty of something.
To try to help himself deal with this incident, Justyce started writing letters to Martin Luther King Jr. he poured his heart out about his life and the world.
Justyce is a really kind, gentle soul. It absolutely breaks your heart watching what he goes through.
Things get much worse but I won’t border on spoilers.
The entire time, Justyce is trying to make sense of the world.
It’s a very emotionally read. I hope a lot of people read it and think about what these characters and people in the real world go through.
I’m not sure what I can say to explain how good this book is. Maybe just the fact that I sat down to start reading the book and never actually put it down. I just read all the way through till the end without stopping and immediately made a plan to order the second book.
At the very beginning of this book Justyce has a terrifying incident with a cop.
Justyce was trying to prevent his ex girlfriend from driving drunk. He went out in the middle of the night to help her. He got her safely into the backseat of her car and got her keys. He was planning to drive her home and a cop saw him and practically (directly? I don’t remember) accused him of kidnapping her.
Soon Justyce was on the ground, handcuffed, with an aggressive white cop who had already decided Justyce was guilty of something.
To try to help himself deal with this incident, Justyce started writing letters to Martin Luther King Jr. he poured his heart out about his life and the world.
Justyce is a really kind, gentle soul. It absolutely breaks your heart watching what he goes through.
Things get much worse but I won’t border on spoilers.
The entire time, Justyce is trying to make sense of the world.
It’s a very emotionally read. I hope a lot of people read it and think about what these characters and people in the real world go through.
I’m not sure what I can say to explain how good this book is. Maybe just the fact that I sat down to start reading the book and never actually put it down. I just read all the way through till the end without stopping and immediately made a plan to order the second book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality