Review by paprkia - In Every Mirror She's Black

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paprkia 's review for:

In Every Mirror She's Black by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

2.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was... interesting. What I thought it would be and what I got are very different. It felt as if each of these women, namely Kemi and Brittany relied way too much the appeal and approval of white men which made it uncomfortable to read at times. Especially when said white men in the story are fetishizing black women. I thought there was maybe a lesson it it but there wasn't. Muna had the nost interesting story but It didn't mesh well as a whole with everything else going on.

Overall, this book felt like ideas on a notebook that never were fully fleshed out. Part 4 left us with more loose ends than we started with, and concluded with such an abrupt ending that I kind of feel like the author got bored.

Content Warnings