A review by mcdavidson
Confrontaties by Simone Atangana Bekono

3.0

this follows a young biracial girl in juvenile detention for a come she committed but does not regret. some things worked and some didn’t. I was initially really interested in the book but that started to lessen around 30%. I feel this had some important messages on women of color experiencing anger and societal expectations, as well as the racism prevalent in the justice/prison system. But some of that was overshadowing by the sudden narrative and timeline jump, which would take me out of it. And there were times where the writing bordered on being too flowery to the point I wasn’t quite sure of the meaning behind it. 

I liked the audio narrator, but I may have had an easier time physically reading this rather than listening to it. 

thank you libro.fm and Bloomsbury for the ALC