A review by hzmt
Big Girl by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

That's the story of black culture. We make magic, they consume it, make it theirs. We have to start over, and we do. Over and over again. It's hard on people.

This book was an absolutely touching and beautiful work of a black woman growing up and embracing her body, her identity, her sexuality, and just coming into her own while smashing the generational traumas that came before her all in the backdrop of a changing Harlem. 

I did not think I would find this book as touching and beautiful as I did since I impulse bought it at a little queer bookstore in DC wanting to take home some work from local authors and this is one of the books the bookseller handed me and I bought it no question. This piece needs to be read by so many and is such a powerful modern work of fiction and the nostalgia of growing up.