jenna_justi2004 's review for:

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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First off holy shit. Bunny has the balls to do what so many people couldn’t do. Without her, Covey/Eleanor wouldn’t have done anything she did. The three kids, none of it.

Wow, the writing was so good like extremely good. The awareness of racial injustice and police brutality.

  Bryon becoming a father put it all together. And don’t get me started on Benny, I’m so glad she’s selling her art.

Can’t believe she was fruity, I mean I can but damn it was so cute.   I was also completely and utterly obsessed with the swimming aspect. Omg, I miss the water. The description of the ocean, wow just wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment