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A review by ameserole
Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit by Colby Cedar Smith
4.0
Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit was never on my radar until today. Not sure why, because I know plenty of people who have read this. For some odd reason, I never actually crossed paths with this book until a couple of hours ago. Luckily, I did and didn't hesitate for even a second before hitting borrow and then play.
In this, you will meet Mary, Yorgos, and Jen. While looking at previous reviews, I do see the names have slightly changed for Mary's parents. Or maybe my audiobook had them wrong? Not sure but they were all very interesting characters from start to finish.
Mary's parents are immigrants, French and Greek to be exact. That being said, things aren't exactly easy for them in America. In no way, shape, or form is it even easier for Mary who was born there. Throughout the book, she is trying to prove her independence and equality to everyone she meets. It's definitely struggling but powerful at the same time.
Besides that, I really liked seeing her parents before they met and then after. It was very interesting to see where they were in life and how those struggles shaped them into who they are now. It was also eye opening to see what struggles an immigrant family goes through. I could only imagine what my great great great (great?) grandparents went through when they first stepped on American soil. So, this sort of showed a path they could have dealt with being Irish and Italian.
In the end, I'm really happy that I decided to jump into this audiobook today. The narrators did such an amazing job and I fell in love with each character that I met. I'll definitely be waiting for Colby's next amazing book. I just hope that I don't have to wait for too long.
In this, you will meet Mary, Yorgos, and Jen. While looking at previous reviews, I do see the names have slightly changed for Mary's parents. Or maybe my audiobook had them wrong? Not sure but they were all very interesting characters from start to finish.
Mary's parents are immigrants, French and Greek to be exact. That being said, things aren't exactly easy for them in America. In no way, shape, or form is it even easier for Mary who was born there. Throughout the book, she is trying to prove her independence and equality to everyone she meets. It's definitely struggling but powerful at the same time.
Besides that, I really liked seeing her parents before they met and then after. It was very interesting to see where they were in life and how those struggles shaped them into who they are now. It was also eye opening to see what struggles an immigrant family goes through. I could only imagine what my great great great (great?) grandparents went through when they first stepped on American soil. So, this sort of showed a path they could have dealt with being Irish and Italian.
In the end, I'm really happy that I decided to jump into this audiobook today. The narrators did such an amazing job and I fell in love with each character that I met. I'll definitely be waiting for Colby's next amazing book. I just hope that I don't have to wait for too long.