rainbowreviewskc 's review for:

Kneel by Candace Buford

4.0

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I sorta enjoyed this one. I’m not sure. I feel like it tried too hard to bring light to Colin Kapernick’s story without it being its own story. I know the entire process of Kap kneeling brought a great deal of controversy, so I appreciate that there’s a YA novel about the thought behind it, but it felt like it was just simply too much about bringing Kap’s story to light, but not really a story about Russ’ experience. I’m not sure if this even makes sense, but that’s kind of where I’m at with this one.
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Main Topic: Violence against blacks by police
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Gut Instinct Rating: 7.5
Characters: 10
Believability: 8.5
Uniqueness: 8
Writing Style: 10
Excitement Factor: 10
Story Line: 10
Title Relevance: 10
Artwork Relevance: 8
Audiobook: 7
Overall: 4.56
Percentage Score: 89%