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sydneyraereads 's review for:
Angel of Greenwood
by Randi Pink
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a beautiful story about black joy, love, and success. Pink examines the complexities and multitudes within Greenwood, a black community, in 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma. This book shows the deep humanity and community that was long denied to Black people in America. It is a slice of life set in a historical setting. The tragedy of the massacre is not lessened by this narrative style but rather enhanced to a heart-breaking degree.
The story follows Angel and Isaiah, two teens in Greenwood, as they fall in love. It is a romance grounded in respect, trust, and affection. Throughout their conversations and narrations (in the dual perspective) the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois are explored and critiqued. I felt that the character development was rushed, but they are still presented as fully realized people. I don't love romance but this was a beautiful set up of the pure ignorance and horror of the one-sided massacre that white Tulsans executed against Greenwood. Not that it needs to be proven to any who know of it.
The story follows Angel and Isaiah, two teens in Greenwood, as they fall in love. It is a romance grounded in respect, trust, and affection. Throughout their conversations and narrations (in the dual perspective) the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois are explored and critiqued. I felt that the character development was rushed, but they are still presented as fully realized people. I don't love romance but this was a beautiful set up of the pure ignorance and horror of the one-sided massacre that white Tulsans executed against Greenwood. Not that it needs to be proven to any who know of it.