Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

As de picas by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

30 reviews

spooderman's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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lillythebluepaladin's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

“I don’t straighten my hair because I hate it; I straighten it because everyone else hates it for me”

The first few 100-ish pages made me believe that I was gonna rate this book 3 stars… but that plot twist? When everything first started making sense to us readers?? THAT. FREAKING. REVEAL??? Instant gut drop. No words. I normally don’t rate YA books that high, but this is a MUST READ, and is a really strong 5⭐️ Read.

My only ick about this book is that it at a certain point talks about twitter, which is a thing I usually hate when books does, but it absolutely made sense in this story, so I cannot complain.

Devon and Chiamaka are awesome main characters. It was a joy, and a nail biting anxiety, to follow along and cheer them on as they go through an actual living hell. Again, Jesus Christ, the tension in this book is at Rosemarys Baby’s level. Insane.

As a white person, I have no clue what it must feel like to experience racism, but the inside the book and the Authors note at the end really made me do some self reflection and some thinking.  Ace Of Spades is definitely a read my fellow whites should check out. 

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andreweaver88's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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t_higgsreviews's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

5 Stars
CAWPILE = 9.07

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jenna_gilb's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0


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auteaandtales's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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booksbyantheia's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Paranoia, empatía, conocimiento.

(Reseña en construcción)

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shaimahmad's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Basically Pretty Little Liars but with white suprematism cult and hardcore racial bullying.

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ebonycantread's review against another edition

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emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Such a educational book.

I love how this book presents itself. 
It carries such depth and emotion whilst keeping an intriguing storyline throughout! 
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone as we can all learn something from it. 

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anapthine's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0


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