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101 reviews

Never Catch Me by Darius Simpson

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

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

3.0

The Hours by Michael Cunningham

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.
Bored. I may return later. 
Ceremonies by Essex Hemphill

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emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I was finally able to score a physical copy. What a brave and startling collection from one of the greats. 
Of Black Study by Joshua Myers

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challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Of Black Study examines the legacies and ideas of Black writers and intellectuals who questioned what constitutes thought, logic, science, the political. Their work shows us how to imagine a different world because our ancestors had long done such. Why we don't acknowledge and study these ways is deliberate. Not just due to academic disenfranchisement of Black studies and thought, intentional exclusion of Black history, and a political system that devalues Black lives, but also a Western mode of knowledge built with and on this exclusion. As a student (and an adult), I was never taught to see or think about these things, and Of Black Study pushes me to question my learned idea of what constitutes seeing and thinking.
Bread and Circus by Airea Dee Matthews

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

4.0

The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

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

3.5

Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

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emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ada's Room by Sharon Dodua Otoo

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challenging tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

God's Children are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu

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adventurous reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0