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Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

8 reviews

violet_moon1's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It wasn't what I expected but I enjoyed it. The writing style took a little getting used to but once I did, it was a great story. I'm trying to actively broaden the things I read and see the work from other perspectives. This was an excellent way to see what growing up as an immigrant in America was like for some people. 

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readingwithgoose's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0


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axel_p's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative 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

4.0


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khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

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reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75


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edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0


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imds's review against another edition

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

4.25


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eslsilver's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0


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empeeeeee's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Brown Girls is transportive, beautiful, enjoyable, a musical and fast-paced read. It's all feeling and rhythm. As a brown girl, as a Pilipina with immigrant parents, even though my context was/is in some ways very different, there were so many moments where my heart sang and ached (sometimes my heart sang to Aaliyah and Mariah. :)). I felt seen in a way I don't often get in novels, even as the book spoke to so many different kinds of brown girls, brown lives.

I think its form and concept is a true feat. That balance of the collective "we" voice with just enough specificity to still be real and personal rather than theoretical; the ooze of place and senses and emotion in a wide swath; the rhythm, the deft control of how the reader runs alongside pace then slows down, or turns focus one way, then the other... 

I found some of the prose itself to be cliché, and some moments to feel a bit forced,
including the inclusion of COVID-19 as another reviewer mentioned and the last chapter in general,
which is why I didn't give this a higher rating myself.

I read this in about two days! If you're the type, I think it would be a great one to read in one sitting and just let wash over you.

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