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14 reviews

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

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reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

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emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

Sensual Faith: The Art of Coming Home to Your Body by Lyvonne Briggs

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hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi

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dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • 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

emezi is  a bold and courageous writer 
Belonging: A Culture of Place by bell hooks

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hopeful informative medium-paced

4.75

bell hooks forever!! 
Erasure by Percival Everett

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

4.25

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

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dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

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dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

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lighthearted slow-paced

3.25

Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

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hopeful informative inspiring mysterious

4.0