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A review by sarahjsnider
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
3.0
This reads as a commentary on wealth inequality that is realistic and accessible for younger readers. The plot itself didn’t hold a lot of surprises for me* but the world the characters lived in is intriguing. Patois, or any dialect, is hard to pull off in writing, but I found this to be done in a way that usually enhances rather than distracts from the reading experience.
*Cemetery Boys, which I read last month for book club, takes place in a similar culture of accessing extranormal powers. Had I read this book first I might have found the plot more surprising. But then, it does feel a bit like a “chosen one” story, and I am tired of those.
*Cemetery Boys, which I read last month for book club, takes place in a similar culture of accessing extranormal powers. Had I read this book first I might have found the plot more surprising. But then, it does feel a bit like a “chosen one” story, and I am tired of those.