A review by ngamulka
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

5.0

the most magical book i’ve ever read. it gave me much more than i thought it would. the struggle of being queer and black. the Trinidad and Tobogo culture and accent, you could feel it from the whole book. stars. the universe. the faith. a book within a book. it felt so real. it was real. queenie’s black magic had me shook. it is magical realism, but at the same time i think such magic is real. the power of black love. so powerful. i feel SO seen. the ending was beautiful and of course… it could have a different meaning, depends if you look at it in a literal or esoteric way.
this book was truly breathtaking. im going to read it a lot more. it will be in my heart forever.
and i’ll always tell myself that the blackness between the stars is the melanin in my skin.