A review by lit_laugh_luv
Assembly by Natasha Brown

1.0

Surprised to see such favourable reviews on this. While Natasha Brown raises some good points about the intersection of race, privilege and gender (though nothing novel about them), the writing felt like all style and no substance. The fragmented and disjoint style of the book really didn't work for me - it felt impossible to keep a coherent understanding of the plot given the constant tangents. People compare this to [b:Luster|51541496|Luster|Raven Leilani|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1568668703l/51541496._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71146734], which I also didn't love, but felt that was much more successful at conveying a coherent narrative and better managed a depersonalized narrator. This just felt jumbled and melodramatic.

If this was any longer I would have given up on it - which I don't do often at all. It just felt like an absolute chore to get through with minimal payoff.