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emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
i need to know the thoughts of queer Ghanians on this book! would definitely love to do a buddy-read of this! there is sooooo much going on!
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
the writing about music and all the emotions and history and more that is wrapped around it was my favourite part of the book. but i really disliked that there was so much focus on the 'complicated' and 'tortured' lives of people with so much wealth and power, while those who are the most oppressed are hardly given any voice, but instead only discussed by the wealthy and powerful.
are we still doing the comparison of cops and 'gangs'? forreal? one can kill, maim, harrass, torture, etc. with impunity with the full power of the state behind them.......
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
But when they transition [you calm down in your
grief because you realize that] they didn't leave you. Nobody
who loves you, even if
they hated you while they loved you, leaves you.
That's why
you transcend. That's why you know you love. That's why you know
you are better than
whatever garbage people try to shove down your throat. That is why
they will keep trying to
kill us but will never succeed. The soul— I don't even know what it
is— but Jonathan keeps
popping up. So, it's real. And that's good enough for me.
RW: I am honored to have
been in conversation with you and to figure out these very real
moments of struggle.
Your discernment and stream of consciousness are unmatched as one
of the most incredible
political theorists of our time. I am grateful for this opportunity
to talk to you.
JJ: I want to say one last
thing, and not because you said nice things about me: I love you,
Rebecca. I don't know
you. But I love you and that works. So, thank you.
[...]
US,
Britain and NATO backing Portugal likely facilitated Cabral’s
assassination in 1973. .
. I see [Amilcar Cabral] as an ancestor who reminds me that our
struggles are always international and that
anti-blackness is global. . . [In Return to the Source]
Cabral writes: “We recognize the devastations of lack
of clean water, adequate food and shelter. But the cause of
those deficits cannot be
remedied through policy. If so, then there is no need for
confrontation only
accommodations with colonialists and petitions for greater benefit
packages.”
grief because you realize that] they didn't leave you. Nobody
who loves you, even if
they hated you while they loved you, leaves you.
That's why
you transcend. That's why you know you love. That's why you know
you are better than
whatever garbage people try to shove down your throat. That is why
they will keep trying to
kill us but will never succeed. The soul— I don't even know what it
is— but Jonathan keeps
popping up. So, it's real. And that's good enough for me.
RW: I am honored to have
been in conversation with you and to figure out these very real
moments of struggle.
Your discernment and stream of consciousness are unmatched as one
of the most incredible
political theorists of our time. I am grateful for this opportunity
to talk to you.
JJ: I want to say one last
thing, and not because you said nice things about me: I love you,
Rebecca. I don't know
you. But I love you and that works. So, thank you.
[...]
US,
Britain and NATO backing Portugal likely facilitated Cabral’s
assassination in 1973. .
. I see [Amilcar Cabral] as an ancestor who reminds me that our
struggles are always international and that
anti-blackness is global. . . [In Return to the Source]
Cabral writes: “We recognize the devastations of lack
of clean water, adequate food and shelter. But the cause of
those deficits cannot be
remedied through policy. If so, then there is no need for
confrontation only
accommodations with colonialists and petitions for greater benefit
packages.”
fast-paced
an absolute must read!!!
medium-paced
i was already bothered by a few things as the story continue, but then when the white character showed up out of nowhere and all the things that followed i was pretty certain i would DNF it. then it became very clear that the writer was going to push hard on the palmitagem angle, so i was DONE!