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A review by theoreads_
Everywhere You Don't Belong by Gabriel Bump
4.0
being unfamiliar with chicago's south shore other what's projected by the media as a dangerous landscape, i knew that's not entirely true and Gabriel Bump captures that cleverly, traumatically, and comically.
in everywhere you don't belong protagonist Claude McKay Love is abandoned by his parents. and following his life he's abandoned by most who enter it. you would think that enduring the instability of his surroundings would make him relish but throughout this book you feel his will to define himself. his rejection of the violence, horror, and hatred he faced to survive from a part of the chicago that most don't really care about was beautiful.
and i have to mention, grandma & paul were the highlight of this book. bump's ability to write humous dialog was exceptional.
in everywhere you don't belong protagonist Claude McKay Love is abandoned by his parents. and following his life he's abandoned by most who enter it. you would think that enduring the instability of his surroundings would make him relish but throughout this book you feel his will to define himself. his rejection of the violence, horror, and hatred he faced to survive from a part of the chicago that most don't really care about was beautiful.
and i have to mention, grandma & paul were the highlight of this book. bump's ability to write humous dialog was exceptional.