sundayfever 's review for:

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

4.5

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was the most challenging book I've read this year. Deep dark look at  incarceration, systemic racism and classism. Tense and really gripped me. It's rare a book actually has me on the edge of my seat. Lots to reflect on regarding the value of human life and prison abolition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Transphobia