A review by sleepyredwolf
Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa

emotional informative inspiring tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A heartfelt book, though I wish I could parse the politics and agenda of its author more. For some reason it took me a long time to complete this. I am ultimately glad it exists. I think it may have been more effective if it were about a fictional protest movement as opposed to a work of historical fiction about a real-life event. I say this because I find it odd to place the main character in such a central position - such as being the son of the chief of police - in a real-world event where you've blended together real and fictional events. But then again, I don't read a lot of historical fiction. 
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