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An amazing and powerful book, I could hardly put it down, and I'm glad I read it. But I was not prepared for how sad it would be. So, here is my Content Warning: (view spoiler) It still felt powerful, but it also felt like a sort of cop-out. Could Iweala see no other way to end this story? I found the book incredibly engaging up to that point, so I'm still giving it five stars, but it's five stars with a heaping load of side-eye for falling back on (
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When you feel like the novel you are reading is trying too hard -- Black Lives Matter and police misconduct, combined with LGBTQ issues, coupled with a fundamentalist upbringing and thrown into a blender of a book.
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Loved it. Very powerful and timely. It reads quickly. Characters are extremely likeable. Highly recommended
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