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And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin

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dark emotional sad slow-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

3.0

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

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The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

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dark funny mysterious fast-paced

overall a pretty enjoyable book with an engaging thriller plot and commentary on the intersections/interactions between colonialism, patriarchy and classism (material exploitation more generally, as it impacts and is impacted by superstructure).

something weird about mentioning David's time in the IDF (specifically to do with mind hacking?) and not go further into it... considering this story is so clearly about The Centres exploitative origins and nature (cannibalism as a metaphor for colonialism) its weird that there wasnt any pushback from the narrative around Israel as a ethnostate apartheid settler colony especially when the narrative explicitly deals with things like Parition and British imperialism.

I think it's a bit confused but ultimately very readable!

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Identitti by Mithu Sanyal

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.

re my feelings on this book: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6ed2251b-0d8b-47ad-ab97-2a1151276a0c
I actually love the style and multimedia format and the nonlinear storytelling but yeah. Idk. As another wasian it felt. Lacking.

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

Don't know how to describe this except wow what an enthralling read. I was seriously hooked - the dialogue is so sharp and real, the description is seriously lush. Bravo, applause all around. I was feeling pain and had to stop reading several times to shout in frustration /pos. Reminded me of why I love reading.

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