A review by batflurries
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Beautifully written. Heartbreakingly still relevant to the way systems, especially police, courts, and jails, in the US unfairly target black Americans and people of color. Baldwin's writing is both poetic and stark and absolutely deserving of being a classic.