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Ginger
Feb 21, 2018 rated it liked it
The first and third sections were the strongest. The use of second person, as well as the insertion of a minor character named "Tayari Jones" felt it could have used some editing in the second section to make it work. The story was compelling all the way through though.

I'm a Tayari Jones completist, but I'm glad I didn't start with her debut. Her craft has defeinitly gotten stronger over the years and I'm afraid if I had started here, I wouldn't have continued.
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Davida "Davi"
Jan 07, 2025 rated it it was amazing
Great book - three sections, three different child narrators in the same classroom during the Atlanta (Black) Child Murders 1979-1981, three different families & socio-economic classes & understandings of the situation and of contemporary friendships and interactions. Read it super fast - haven't done that in years but it drew me in and kept me hooked. Highly recommend for mature readers - not unlike a more contemporary "To Kill A Mockingbird," tells a real/realistic events from a child's POV fo ...more
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