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A review by atsundarsingh
Mother Ocean Father Nation by Nishant Batsha
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I'm still thinking about how to rate this book because it's so clearly important to me and to my academic and personal life. Ultimately I like that the island is unnamed so that it can stand in for several places. More proof that there are some things only fiction can do.
Moderate: Death of parent, Deportation, Infidelity, Misogyny, Police brutality, Blood, Classism, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Addiction, Racism, Violence, Alcoholism, and Biphobia