A review by feministy
The Free People's Village by Sim Kern

emotional inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Pros:
  • A character with neopronouns is always a nice thing to see.
  • Some of the passages around organizing really hit home, especially the ones that centered ideological disagreement amongst protesters.
  • Always here for the fight for Palestinian liberation shown in a positive light. 

Cons:
  • Maddie is a pretty insufferable MC (main character) most of the time. 
  • It's very "white cis lady is on a journey" for the first half of the book, and it's exhaustkng even for me as a white AFAB person who also had to learn and come to radical viewpoints. 
  • Maddie's love interests are consistently awful and it's frankly hard to read. 
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