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I really wanted to love this book, but it just didn't happen. I know we aren't always supposed to like protagonists but I just couldn't relate to Queenie as a lead at all. All the bad decisions she made were explained away by the end but it felt like all that was needed, even right at the end, was for one thing to shift before she went right back to square one. I like that she got help but it wasn't enough to make me care about her like I think I was supposed to. I loved her family and friends t
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3.5 stars rounded up.
Queenie is a 25 year old British Jamaican Women, living and working in London, whom we meet just after she goes on a break from her long-term white partner. We go on a journey with her as she navigates dating, housing and working in her new state.
As a women there was a lot I could relate in this book, As a Black women there was even more I could relate to in this book. However, as a 35 year ...more
3.5 stars rounded up.
Queenie is a 25 year old British Jamaican Women, living and working in London, whom we meet just after she goes on a break from her long-term white partner. We go on a journey with her as she navigates dating, housing and working in her new state.
As a women there was a lot I could relate in this book, As a Black women there was even more I could relate to in this book. However, as a 35 year ...more
I really wanted to love this book. It started out as a 5 star but 5 days later I'm on page 191, my patience has worn this thin 👌🏾 with the story and the character - I give up.
This was not what I expected at all. I can't relate to Queenie in the slightest, usually when that happens I can at least identify someone in my life who correlates to the character.
Unfortunately Queenie is not even someone I would entertain as a friend to be hounest, and if she was my family member I'd tell her not to ev ...more
This was not what I expected at all. I can't relate to Queenie in the slightest, usually when that happens I can at least identify someone in my life who correlates to the character.
Unfortunately Queenie is not even someone I would entertain as a friend to be hounest, and if she was my family member I'd tell her not to ev ...more
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