A review by booksthatslay
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

There were many moments throughout this where I had to stop and just admire the gorgeous sentences before me. The writing is lyrical and poetic. I have many quotes written down from this book in my journal. At the heart of this is a coming of age story about the spaces we create and live in. I really admired we were able to explore the spaces created for family, friends, religion, culture, and ourselves, and how all of those spaces come together to form a person's reality. There were moments that were a little repetitive when it didn't feel necessary to the story. I wish there had been more time spent diving deeper into how the spaces we create interact with one another, and the ways in which those spaces force us to grow in new and challenging ways. 

Thank you so much to the publisher for a copy of this book!