A review by ishikavarma
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

wow SO many things to say but let me first start with the fact that I loved this reading experience and I'm so so so glad I stumbled across this book!! this needs to go booktok viral or something so that everyone can read it. So beautiful and cool and I really enjoyed the mystery piece of it as well as the black history and learning about the inherent violence of small southern towns and the grief and generational trauma and of course the queer finding yourself love aspect (with the most amazing shock of my life) was highly appreciated. the scene with the three women on the beach possibly is the most beautiful writing i've ever read like being able to visualize that was such a privilege. read this book!!
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