jwinchell 's review for:

This Train Is Being Held by Ismée Williams

4.0

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I don’t have great NYC geography but I had a decent mind for where this story took place. I struggled with the MANY times Isa and Amex ran into each other on the train. Even with similar schedules, that many coincidences, really? I liked the ballet and baseball topics, and the theme of family secrets making you sick, and the whiteness and darkness that varies among Caribbean islanders. It’s a mostly chaste romance with one in bed scene, sex off page. I liked that Elizabeth Acevedo gave it a blurb on the cover; I think this was promoted by We Need Diverse Books. 9th grade and up.