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A review by sedeara
The Go-Between by Veronica Chambers
3.0
I appreciate the messages and themes this book set out to impart, but unfortunately that's what the whole book boils down to: messages and themes.
While it's refreshing to see Latinx lead characters who do not fall into stereotypes -- including those who, on the surface, live a more "stereotypical" existence -- it's just really hard to get behind this book's protagonist, who literally spends the bulk of the book lying to her friends as a way to "get back" at them for their racist misconceptions rather than let them get to know who she really is to dispel those same ideas. Because everyone knows the best way to conquer racism is through lies, right?
The prose was fine, the characters were fine, but overall it mostly just felt like a sermon searching for a plot to carry it into the realm of fiction.
While it's refreshing to see Latinx lead characters who do not fall into stereotypes -- including those who, on the surface, live a more "stereotypical" existence -- it's just really hard to get behind this book's protagonist, who literally spends the bulk of the book lying to her friends as a way to "get back" at them for their racist misconceptions rather than let them get to know who she really is to dispel those same ideas. Because everyone knows the best way to conquer racism is through lies, right?
The prose was fine, the characters were fine, but overall it mostly just felt like a sermon searching for a plot to carry it into the realm of fiction.