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82 reviews

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

this is 1/3 of my grandmother's fave books that she sent to me and I found the dual pov meh, the pace was a bit on the slow side, but the last 30 pages????? WOAH.

It's a good low-stakes psychological thriller

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I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

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reflective slow-paced

2.0

All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope–and Hard Pills to Swallow–About Fighting for Black Lives by Andre Henry

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

This book was a JOURNEY. Henry takes us on a trip from when he first gained awareness of White Supremacy and his experience under it - specifically in a white Christian setting as a Black member…. And I was lost for a while there thinking the target demographic of this book were other Black folks recently questioning their ties to evangelicalism or recently left, but thankfully, he pulled us through several years (including the hellish summer of 2020). As someone who leads a Black Advocacy group now and also in the beginning stages of repatriating to Jamaica due to exhaustion under WS in North America, I felt SEEN. Have recommended it to all white “allies” and Black folks doing the work. Ty for this book & happy Black History Month

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