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A review by katarina_kirishiki
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
This is a really great book. It is a comparably fast read but so much is presented and discussed.
A thing which bothered me, was the way the dialogue style changed a bit too much for my liking (they'd use quotation mars and then all of a sudden switch to a play like script) but I really liked the use of different fonts.
And whilst some of the "teenage language" seemed a bit cringy in my opinion, the narration otherwise was great.
So many very brutal and important topics and themes are discussed in this book, and I was honestly suprised that it would dive straight into them with little to no sugar coating. But this really made it a great read, since it narrates the events in a straightforward way whist still highlighting the emotions and thoughts that acompany the main character.
A thing which bothered me, was the way the dialogue style changed a bit too much for my liking (they'd use quotation mars and then all of a sudden switch to a play like script) but I really liked the use of different fonts.
And whilst some of the "teenage language" seemed a bit cringy in my opinion, the narration otherwise was great.
So many very brutal and important topics and themes are discussed in this book, and I was honestly suprised that it would dive straight into them with little to no sugar coating. But this really made it a great read, since it narrates the events in a straightforward way whist still highlighting the emotions and thoughts that acompany the main character.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality
Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder