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Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

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dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.5

Yr Dead by Sam Sax

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reflective medium-paced

3.75

Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

Solid! A lot of longing and want to belong in many of the stories. 

I liked Contributions, Imagine Me Carrying You, 24, Alhaji Williams Street, Wonders of the World, The Dusk Market, honestly most of the stories, but all of them left me wanting a bit more. A final sentence to punctuate them, to flip them in their head. 

The two I found the best developed and the most satisfying to read were The Things Boys Do and Birdwoman.
My Friends: A Novel by Hisham Matar

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emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.5