A review by fionalouise8
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book was slow to start but I got into it about 1/3 of the way through. Parts are pretty uncomfortable and I think it's an important book that shows how insidious white privilege is and how it shows up intersecting with class - paternalism, white saviourism, performative activism.
There was a lot of description and too much detail of unimportant things (too many characters for one thing, I could barely remember who was who), yet somehow lacking character development for Emira, who felt quite two dimensional.
Would recommend, but I don't think it's amazingly written.