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A review by goatsrsexy
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
5.0
This was such a good book. Difficult to read at times but so compelling and well written. I loved all the different povs which made everyone feel more real and worthy of empathy, some of the chapters felt like in-universe short stories, and I love books that tell big stories through small stories, so that's something I loved.
Obviously the political commentary was very relevant and the footnotes added a lot of gut sinking feelings because they really helped to draw direct parallels between this dystopian world and our actual reality.
It's not easy to empathize with rapists and murderers, but it's valuable. Of course it's natural to want to distance ourselves from people who commit monstrous crimes, but they are still people and I will always believe that everyone should be treated with dignity and decency no matter what. I think this book did a really good job of making that point by giving us loveable characters who we don't want to love.
This is definitely my favourite read so far this year.
Obviously the political commentary was very relevant and the footnotes added a lot of gut sinking feelings because they really helped to draw direct parallels between this dystopian world and our actual reality.
It's not easy to empathize with rapists and murderers, but it's valuable. Of course it's natural to want to distance ourselves from people who commit monstrous crimes, but they are still people and I will always believe that everyone should be treated with dignity and decency no matter what. I think this book did a really good job of making that point by giving us loveable characters who we don't want to love.
This is definitely my favourite read so far this year.