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A review by ahobbitsbooknook
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
5.0
Queenie was an amazing book. This book was eye opening and riveting. It spoke on the topics of interracial dating, the need to go to therapy, having friends who support your decision to take a step back and still be there for you. Queenie was a 25 year old writer for the Daily Reader she went through a break up that was (expected) yet unexpected for her. Through this break up she began to seek out validation from all men, didnt matter if they were single, married or the sex was terrible. She needed a reason to feel as if she mattered. Soon she found out that her boyfriend who she was on a break from (insert Ross and Rachael we were on a break quote here) was now seeing someone else. This book made me cry and as someone who is newly single for a year now and found out her ex got into a relationship a week after we broke up I understand what Queenie went through. The need to feel something from someone anyone who will give it because you aren't used to being alone.
But at the end the main focus is oneself and how you depend on those around you. You aren't alone, there are people who are there for you but you have to allow them to be there. For Queenie that was hard because all she knew was Tom, even though his family was racist as hell, and he didn't do anything to right those wrongs, she still stayed. She had to find value within herself and that was all that mattered in the end.
But at the end the main focus is oneself and how you depend on those around you. You aren't alone, there are people who are there for you but you have to allow them to be there. For Queenie that was hard because all she knew was Tom, even though his family was racist as hell, and he didn't do anything to right those wrongs, she still stayed. She had to find value within herself and that was all that mattered in the end.