A review by literatihottie
We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge

4.0

If the title makes this novel sound easy to swallow, be warned there’s nothing easy about Charlie Freeman. Greenridge tackles difficult questions of race, family, humanity, language and the ethics of experimentation in this completely unique story of a family living with a chimpanzee as part of a research experiment at the Toynbee Institute. Greenridge has clearly put a lot of historical work into constructing this story and I found it utterly enthralling. Also has the distinction of making me audibly gasp while reading not once but twice!