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Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown

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4.5

Really great foundational learning text

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I liked the length of this book! I am glad they took the amount of time they did for the ending. I enjoyed the deep level of nuance explaining all the groups and even Maali himself and how he found himself in the position he was in.

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

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adventurous emotional reflective sad tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I really enjoyed all the detail used. Very heavy, made me very angry. I appreciated the way the storyline unfolded. Down rating for all the times the dark attractive people were described as chocolate *rolling my eyes*

There There by Tommy Orange

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emotional informative reflective sad tense

Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The end had me crying. I appreciated the way all of the stories flowed into one another

Bunny by Mona Awad

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I found it to be fairly entertaining. Major points off for them using the r-slur, unsure why they thought that was appropriate. The ending felt like she was throwing shit at the wall hoping it would stick 😂

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

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informative reflective sad tense

5.0

Thunder Song by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

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informative reflective

2.75

I was really hoping for critical essays to make me reflect on how I live my life but this book wasn't it; I actually wish the author would have been a bit more critical about several things they wrote about before publishing. There was a lot of angst about being biracial and people often identifying with them as white and as a biracial person who is not perceived as white... it was just a bit frustrating to read at times. Appreciated what they had to share about being Coast Salish

Only For The Week by Natasha Bishop

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

2.0

way too much black capitalism for me. 2 stars for the family exploration though

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

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