A review by drapetomaniac
Assembly by Natasha Brown

challenging reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book is absolutely wonderful. It's a small snippet into the narrator's life as she navigates being a black woman in corporate London. As the book progresses and she arrives at her boyfriend's estate, she enters a reflective moment and thinks about her life in relation to English nationalism and how she is contributing to that. It doesn't feel like the same points repeated in other books, however, which makes this book even more special.
My only tool of expression is the language of this place. Its bias and assumptions permeate all reason I could construct from it.
This line is definitely my favorite in the book. I don't have much to say about this quote, it simply encompasses how colonialism has affected everything in modern life, even the way language is worded.
Overall, a fantastic quick read and would 100% recommend. 
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