A review by slaveryontatooine
In Every Mirror She's Black by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

0.25

Everybody in this book was dislikable except for Muna, who's ending I hated personally. I personally didn't enjoy Brittany-Rae, I thought she really ruined her life for no good reason. It was inexplicable to me honestly. And Kemi is a self-sabotager and neither of them are particularly likable. Also, the optics of the narrative being like Jonny was like this because he's autistic and nobody wanted to admit it, put a bad taste in my mouth. Even with the caveat that it's because he comes from a place of privilege doesn't really cancel out the implications of that. But what really dragged the book down for me was the ending. I truly disliked it to that much of a degree. But this is all a personal opinion, and so, can take it with a grain of salt.