lenareadsstuff 's review for:

Mother Country by Etaf Rum

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Mama, the word like a bullet to my chest.

It's kind of inpressive how much emotion this book carries while being so short — a devastating but profound look at an individual experience of suffocating familial/cultural & gendered expections, generational trauma, and (being) mothers.