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A review by the_eggelstone
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
3.0
3.5 for this mostly entertaining read, but I couldn’t shake off the felling after having finished it, that there was more potential to the story.
It was not as satirical, biting or sharp as it could have been in my opinion. The story’s tension builds up slowly and the depiction of the publishing house and its inner workings is fun and keeps you going for quite a bit. However, as the story unfolds and it becomes clear where Harris wants to go with her narrative it left me somewhat unimpressed and underwhelmed. The climax also felt a bit rushed and underdeveloped.
It was not as satirical, biting or sharp as it could have been in my opinion. The story’s tension builds up slowly and the depiction of the publishing house and its inner workings is fun and keeps you going for quite a bit. However, as the story unfolds and it becomes clear where Harris wants to go with her narrative it left me somewhat unimpressed and underwhelmed. The climax also felt a bit rushed and underdeveloped.