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A review by myinfinitetbr
What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
In Piedmont, North Carolina, a community is outraged when students from a predominantly Black school are brought to a mostly white school.
Told over the course of 30 years in the perspectives of a Black mother and her son, and a white mother and her half-Latina daughter; each mother determined to see her child have a better life. Their kids become involved in a school play together, and create ties that bond them for decades to come.
I really liked that the narrative included the perspectives of both families with the mothers and their teens. Though the characters were well written, I found my investment in them lacking, which may have been due to the frequent shift between timelines. I still enjoyed the commentary on family dysfunction, race, identity, motherhood, and the decisions that cause a ripple effect through generations.
⚠️ Addiction, Racism, Violence, Death of a Parent, Infidelity, Abortion
Thank you Grand Central Pub for the gifted copy! All opinions are my own
Told over the course of 30 years in the perspectives of a Black mother and her son, and a white mother and her half-Latina daughter; each mother determined to see her child have a better life. Their kids become involved in a school play together, and create ties that bond them for decades to come.
I really liked that the narrative included the perspectives of both families with the mothers and their teens. Though the characters were well written, I found my investment in them lacking, which may have been due to the frequent shift between timelines. I still enjoyed the commentary on family dysfunction, race, identity, motherhood, and the decisions that cause a ripple effect through generations.
⚠️ Addiction, Racism, Violence, Death of a Parent, Infidelity, Abortion
Thank you Grand Central Pub for the gifted copy! All opinions are my own
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, Abortion, and Death of parent