pagemaid 's review for:

American Street by Ibi Zoboi

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i didn't ever feel emotionally invested in or connected to any of these characters, but maybe that's partly because i started skimming just to get to the end (because it was a bookclub read; might not have finished it otherwise). also some of the climactic conflict felt very un-earned. i want to give it only one star but that feels mean so i'm just leaving it un-starred.