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A review by hnagarne
Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni
emotional
mysterious
reflective
3.75
i wish i liked this more.
this was a struggle to get into at first, but that might’ve just been me. i have a terrible time keeping characters straight when they’re all introduced close together, and there are 10 (?) characters to keep track of here: the main cousins kitan and iyanu; sarah and heather, kitan’s closest friends; marcus, jordan, and quincy, rugby-playing brothers; the rugby teammate luc; and finally iyanu's best friend navin and kitan’s childhood best friend oliver. these people are all central to the main mystery of the book, and i haven’t even mentioned the family characters that pop up. it was a lot for my tiny brain, and i thought the 10-person group was just… a little unwieldy to keep track of. unfortunately some of the characters blended together for me until a good way through when the author explored their characters a bit more.
this found its stride about 60-70 pages in, and from there i read a good chunk of this in one sitting. i enjoyed what the author had to say about racism, blackface, and biphobia. i also always love a book where the author includes a brief content warning.
this was a struggle to get into at first, but that might’ve just been me. i have a terrible time keeping characters straight when they’re all introduced close together, and there are 10 (?) characters to keep track of here: the main cousins kitan and iyanu; sarah and heather, kitan’s closest friends; marcus, jordan, and quincy, rugby-playing brothers; the rugby teammate luc; and finally iyanu's best friend navin and kitan’s childhood best friend oliver. these people are all central to the main mystery of the book, and i haven’t even mentioned the family characters that pop up. it was a lot for my tiny brain, and i thought the 10-person group was just… a little unwieldy to keep track of. unfortunately some of the characters blended together for me until a good way through when the author explored their characters a bit more.
this found its stride about 60-70 pages in, and from there i read a good chunk of this in one sitting. i enjoyed what the author had to say about racism, blackface, and biphobia. i also always love a book where the author includes a brief content warning.