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A review by jvillanueva8
Everywhere You Don't Belong by Gabriel Bump
5.0
I deeply loved every page of this book. It’s deeply tragic and traumatic but filled with a dark humor and ironic discomfort. Am I describing literary postmodernism? I’m not sure. Claude is a fantastic character and this is a refreshing imagination of the bildungsroman for non-white folks.
Edit to add - I am 100% here for stories where POC don’t have to be exceptional. Claude is average when measured by the metrics our capitalist society uses to grade people, but his emotional depth is heart wrenching. Normalize POC not having to excel against inherently exploitative standards.
This was a Heidi recommendation.
Edit to add - I am 100% here for stories where POC don’t have to be exceptional. Claude is average when measured by the metrics our capitalist society uses to grade people, but his emotional depth is heart wrenching. Normalize POC not having to excel against inherently exploitative standards.
This was a Heidi recommendation.