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introvertinterrupted's Reviews (1.08k)
Wow...I will be doing a FULL review for this soon.
This was a cute read. It's a pretty standard YA book about a kickbutt female protagonist who has to save a family member and is the sacrificial lamb so to speak of the book. She meets up early on with a disgraced angel and they become teammates in this dystopian adventure.
I'll more than likely be reading book two...
I'll more than likely be reading book two...
Honestly, I don't know how to rate this book. It was painful to read, but it was a necessary pain.
We who live in privilege countries take our safety and happiness and security for granted. We think the atrocities we see blaring through our screens can be wiped away for other countries if they just follow the simple steps that our privilege tells us they need to follow to have thriving economies, but we don't realize how wrong we are and how hard our judgement is.
Iweala makes it clear that everything is not so black and white in his short novel and makes the reader really think about those less fortunate than them. This novel is gritty, gut wrenching, hard to swallow and thoroughly well written. I'd recommend it to every one.
If you like it then I'd also suggest reading [b: Say You're One of Them|2296567|Say You're One of Them|Uwem Akpan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1266709325s/2296567.jpg|2302876], which is a short story collection set in different countries of Africa that deal with war, conflict, strife in families, and a lot more.
We who live in privilege countries take our safety and happiness and security for granted. We think the atrocities we see blaring through our screens can be wiped away for other countries if they just follow the simple steps that our privilege tells us they need to follow to have thriving economies, but we don't realize how wrong we are and how hard our judgement is.
Iweala makes it clear that everything is not so black and white in his short novel and makes the reader really think about those less fortunate than them. This novel is gritty, gut wrenching, hard to swallow and thoroughly well written. I'd recommend it to every one.
If you like it then I'd also suggest reading [b: Say You're One of Them|2296567|Say You're One of Them|Uwem Akpan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1266709325s/2296567.jpg|2302876], which is a short story collection set in different countries of Africa that deal with war, conflict, strife in families, and a lot more.
I'm a little salty about that ending! Miss Jane Pittman was a hoot though.
