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A review by bronsonmh
Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit by Colby Cedar Smith
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Thank you Netgalley for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This novel is about the author Colby Cedar Smith’s paternal grandmother Mary growing up in a radiational Greek family in Detroit in the 1930s. She feels like she wants to make her parents happy to be a good Greek girl, but she believes she is also an American girl and wants to do things her way. I like how this novel is written in verse and it goes back and forth from the 1930s back to 1919 in Greece and France during the first World War in letter forms.
This novel is about the author Colby Cedar Smith’s paternal grandmother Mary growing up in a radiational Greek family in Detroit in the 1930s. She feels like she wants to make her parents happy to be a good Greek girl, but she believes she is also an American girl and wants to do things her way. I like how this novel is written in verse and it goes back and forth from the 1930s back to 1919 in Greece and France during the first World War in letter forms.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death