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A review by werewolfandswearwolf
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
3.0
I'd read the synopsis for this ages ago, so by the time I finally got a chance to actually read it I'd assumed it was just a basic office thriller and was increasingly baffled as it became apparent that happening.
I'm white so I can't speak to the racial dynamics at play (though reading through the reviews by Black women on here confirmed some suspicions I had and brought a lot to my attention that I would have otherwise missed), but as far as the actual writing itself, I had a little trouble with the timeline (going back and forth between 1983 and 2018 was one thing but at one point it flipped back to just a month earlier which threw me off) and the number of narrators there ending up being by the end.
That said I did like how descriptive it is as a whole, as well as all the NYC-specific details (after living in Brooklyn for nearly 13 years), and enjoyed getting a look into the publishing industry.
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there was some sort of large-scale conspiracyI'm white so I can't speak to the racial dynamics at play (though reading through the reviews by Black women on here confirmed some suspicions I had and brought a lot to my attention that I would have otherwise missed), but as far as the actual writing itself, I had a little trouble with the timeline (going back and forth between 1983 and 2018 was one thing but at one point it flipped back to just a month earlier which threw me off) and the number of narrators there ending up being by the end.
That said I did like how descriptive it is as a whole, as well as all the NYC-specific details (after living in Brooklyn for nearly 13 years), and enjoyed getting a look into the publishing industry.