A review by viridis
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book is so. Worth it. Yeah, it's uncomfortable, it's sad and brutal and you'll want to stop reading. I had to take breaks because it was just too heavy at times and it could make my whole day feel depressing. But at the same time this was inspired by real events, real people and things like these do happen and in a sense it was me pushing myself to finish it, to get through this really raw book. Now to the wirting itself, it's very good, it makes you keep reading. Because of the nature of this book there aren't really weak spots, except maybe for Gloria's POVs but even those had a message in them. I'm really glad I finished the book and learned more about history, since we don't really learn a lot of this in schools (at least not European schools).