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What Would the Aunties Say?: A brown girl's guide to being yourself and living your best life by Anchal Seda

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3.0

It was fun to learn more about the south Asian culture. I feel like she does attempt to bridge the gap in between trying to target her fellow south Asian girls and non-south Asian. Depending on the age of the person I would gift it to a younger south Asian girl (say teenage+) but not 21+ as I feel that this is entry level to critical thought about your own demographic. I feel like this is a friendly fun way to ease you in.

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Keisha the Sket by Jade LB

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

3.25

This book was very entraining as we go on this journey with Chloe and Red who are allowing themselves to finally fall in love with each other. The book is very spicy (if that’s what you want then yes go for it). It is funny but somethings just didn’t appeal to my humour so it felt a bit flat for me.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

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

4.75

An incredible story of two twins from a Louisiana town called Mallard. In which your social currency is how light your skin is. This issue of race and colourism plagues the twins lives. When their lives take different paths they still remain connected in unexpected ways.

This story tackles race, gender and childhood trauma. We watch the twins’ lives transform before our eyes.

My only con of the book is that the timeline at times confuse me.

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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

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dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Emotional story of Neuroscientist, Gifty as she is researching addiction and her quest to better understand it and one day cure it. After experiencing her brother losing his battle with addiction and watching it transform her mothers mental health. She is invested in understanding this disease. This book battles religion, racism and addiction.

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Keep the Receipts: Three Women, Real Talk, No Filter by Tolani Shoneye, Audrey Indome, Milena Sanchez

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4.0

This book is from the receipts podcast ladies. Each of the ladies talk about areas of their lives including career, dating, self love, racism and childhood stories.

I feel that being a fan of the podcast adds more to the experience of the book. Overall, I feel that anyone can enjoy this book.

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Love Is a Revolution by Renée Watson

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

A very lighthearted and reflective story. This book tells the story of 17-year-old Nala who falls for a boy at her cousin-sister-friend’s activist group. In order to impress him Nala feels that she must change her image in order to reflect an activist-like persona. The issue is how long can she maintain that persona and who exactly is he falling for?

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

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

4.0

A story about 17-year-old father. His journey from being a regular teenager to understanding his role as an adult and a father. Definitely a good read for teenagers and adults too.

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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Very informative. I felt that I learnt so much in a small book. The chapters were short but I did need breaks after reading some chapters

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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

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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

Tells the story of a young British-Punjabi university dropout who begins teaching English to Punjabi Widows. When the widows discover some erotic books they wish to tell their own stories based on their fantasises or memories. During the book we learn of a mysterious death of a young girl in the community which the protagonist, Nikki wishes to investigate. This book has absolutely everything from sex to secrets to mystery to absolute DRAMA. It’s fast paced and the ultimate book club book. I’ll have a full review on my Instagram @this_is_a_reaaad

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azarab's reviews 17 reviews

azarab's reviews
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