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A review by classcb
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
3.0
Sad all around finally ended sort of happy, kinda full circle? 2007 the collapse of Lehman Brothers, of course I listened to a 2007 Spotify top hits playlist while reading.
Cameroonian immigrants coming to America to fulfill their dreams, working for white rich family, lots of rich privileged chaos. Jende was so unlikable as the main character. Immigration, addiction (drugs/alcohol), death, domestic abuse/dv, economic collapse. Everything was pretty heavy throughout the book and Jende/Neni are so naive in the beginning it’s painful.
The writing style was sometimes hard to tell who’s perspective I was reading from. Also some punctuation I couldn’t tell if it was errors or if I was nit picking.
*best improved reading experience was when at Ch. 59 I played 200% Zoblazo until I finished. HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Cameroonian immigrants coming to America to fulfill their dreams, working for white rich family, lots of rich privileged chaos. Jende was so unlikable as the main character. Immigration, addiction (drugs/alcohol), death, domestic abuse/dv, economic collapse. Everything was pretty heavy throughout the book and Jende/Neni are so naive in the beginning it’s painful.
The writing style was sometimes hard to tell who’s perspective I was reading from. Also some punctuation I couldn’t tell if it was errors or if I was nit picking.
*best improved reading experience was when at Ch. 59 I played 200% Zoblazo until I finished. HIGHLY RECOMMEND