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A review by whodatro
Say Her Name by Ryan Carter, Dreda Say Mitchell
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Eva, a biracial doctor has just buried the mother who adopted her at the age of 8. She's also been suspended from her job. Longing to know who her birth parents are, she is encouraged to do a an ancestry test to see of if she'll get a DNA match. Her adoptive father, a former policemen, discourages her from doing so, but as with all of the other dumb things Eva does, she's not very good at listening or doing wise things.
She does find a match, she has a half-sister and very powerful and wealthy father. He welcomes her into the family and becomes her white savior.
Meanwhile, her adoptive father is investigating the disappearance of 4 black women in 1994, the year Eva was born. There is very little evidence because the police and media have no interest in finding missing black women, as is still true today.. Eva sees a picture of the women and believes that one of them is her mother. As she gets closer to the truth, someone is doing everything in their power to shut this investigation down.
Eva annoyed me as a character for most of the book. The book is full of twists and turns. Who is behind it will probably be easy to figure out, but the why and what happened kept me guessing. You will have to suspend your disbelief at what she can do with a bread knife. It's a slow start, but I still enjoyed the book and would recommend it.
Eva, a biracial doctor has just buried the mother who adopted her at the age of 8. She's also been suspended from her job. Longing to know who her birth parents are, she is encouraged to do a an ancestry test to see of if she'll get a DNA match. Her adoptive father, a former policemen, discourages her from doing so, but as with all of the other dumb things Eva does, she's not very good at listening or doing wise things.
She does find a match, she has a half-sister and very powerful and wealthy father. He welcomes her into the family and becomes her white savior.
Meanwhile, her adoptive father is investigating the disappearance of 4 black women in 1994, the year Eva was born. There is very little evidence because the police and media have no interest in finding missing black women, as is still true today.. Eva sees a picture of the women and believes that one of them is her mother. As she gets closer to the truth, someone is doing everything in their power to shut this investigation down.
Eva annoyed me as a character for most of the book. The book is full of twists and turns. Who is behind it will probably be easy to figure out, but the why and what happened kept me guessing. You will have to suspend your disbelief at what she can do with a bread knife. It's a slow start, but I still enjoyed the book and would recommend it.