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The Chosen One by Echo Brown

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afro8921's review

4.0

I would like to give this 3.75 stars. It's a heavy topic but I really enjoyed the magical realism in the story.

I have never read a book quite like this one. Magical Realism? Realism Fiction? This book is about an Afro-American woman struggles, disappointments and success going through her first year of college. Echo is a black first-generation college student who has to deal with racism, immense pressure to succeed, mental health, generational trauma, and the toils of dating. There is a heavily religious aspect in this book and lots of negative self-talk and self-esteem issues.
Over this is a great book that every young black woman should read before going to college.

iheartbooks_4's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

larasbookshelf's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

soy_boi's review

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challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

appreeshation's review

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3.75

i have thoughts but i don’t know how to articulate them so maybe rtc? or maybe not just know this is a very important book and i enjoyed reading echo’s (orjourney towards self growth and healing immensely, even if the magical realism and star wars references went a little over my head