csbroatch 's review for:

Gutter Child by Jael Richardson

5.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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I am confident this will be one of my favourite books of the entire year. The way that colonialization and institutional racism is portrayed in this fictional world connected with me so strongly that I was left breathless. Elimina is the perfect protagonist; both ignorant and up for the challenge. Jael Richardson has mastered writing; every plot point was so intentional and so precisely placed that it was impossible not to put my entire trust in her, and the characters are complex and honest and unique. I couldn't put the book down, and, when I was forced to, I thought about it all the time. I cannot recommend Gutter Child enough.