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A review by sarsarsarsarsar
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
5.0
This was remarkable. I would recommend everyone give this book a read. Really well written and powerful.
I thought it touched on a bunch of perspectives and told a story of a dark time without outwardly placing any blame/accusations - resulting in the (white) reader not being defensive or challenging the events -> letting the reader really focus on listening and learning. Everything get so personal, I really felt like I got to know the characters and feel their struggles third hand. This story opened my eyes a lot.
Some books around racism/transitioning have so much anger and pain (completely justified) but it makes it hard to read and really learn (usually i just get sad), this book did a great job expressing these emotions and still getting the story across with a uniquely positive spin, albeit controversial and extremely devastating (aka I’ll give up everything for freedom)
I thought it touched on a bunch of perspectives and told a story of a dark time without outwardly placing any blame/accusations - resulting in the (white) reader not being defensive or challenging the events -> letting the reader really focus on listening and learning. Everything get so personal, I really felt like I got to know the characters and feel their struggles third hand. This story opened my eyes a lot.
Some books around racism/transitioning have so much anger and pain (completely justified) but it makes it hard to read and really learn (usually i just get sad), this book did a great job expressing these emotions and still getting the story across with a uniquely positive spin, albeit controversial and extremely devastating (aka I’ll give up everything for freedom)