A review by maddietsteele
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

challenging emotional sad medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This book absolutely destroyed me. My heart was not prepared for the emotional sucker punch that was the consecutive placement of Keiko’s, Twitchy’s, and the All of Us chapter. I cried, hard. 

At the start, I was a bit worried about a book with 14 different narrators, and at times it was difficult to keep the stories aligned with the correct characters. However, as the book progressed and travelled outside of the first incarceration camp, it was clear that all the perspectives were needed and each added a new layer to the story. 

The emotion and connection between the characters themselves and between the characters and the reader swells as the story progresses. The last 5 chapters absolutely make this book one to remember.
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