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A review by trking
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book is GREAT. the way Kwame uses the footnotes system is so fantastic and the writing is SO GOOD. It's like the Hunger Games if Suzanne Collins were an abolitionist. I think it would make a great paired text with Are Prisons Obsolete? or another piece of abolitionist theory for a book club. 
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