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kasey_free's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
burnourhistory's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, and Vomit
awesomebrandi's review against another edition
2.0
DNF at 47%. I respect the experience the author has as a Black woman, but this book just isn’t for me. I just don’t think I like the author as a person lol. Also, FYI this book talks heavily about eating disorders, may be triggering for some people.
rhemajoy's review against another edition
2.0
DNF…this book was so hard for me to plow through (mind you… it took me 8 months to read half of it). maybe because it lacks introspection? the author is so young… and since a lot of the content comes across as reaffirming the lie that white people are superior, i’m inclined to think danielle isn’t fully healed or hasn’t fully processed the trauma of tokenism. as someone who has been through a lot of the experiences danielle describes, i understand her intentions are good even if passages are sloppily articulated sometimes. plus, the pop culture snippets are usually very disconnected from her personal experiences, making this book feel under-researched.
shannonscotteditorauthor's review against another edition
5.0
Even better than I hoped!
While I am most certainly no fashion expert or even novice (my wardrobe is 97% lounge wear), this autobiography might just be one of my favorites of the aughts. Insightful, relevant, and effing relatable on so many levels! Would highly recommend, especially to those of us used to being the sole Black or brown face in the room.
While I am most certainly no fashion expert or even novice (my wardrobe is 97% lounge wear), this autobiography might just be one of my favorites of the aughts. Insightful, relevant, and effing relatable on so many levels! Would highly recommend, especially to those of us used to being the sole Black or brown face in the room.
ashleykritzer's review against another edition
5.0
“Token Black Girl” by Danielle Prescod was exactly what I hoped it would be: an extended format version of the truth and humor Danielle brings to social media.
I got this ebook for free via Amazon Prime’s First Reads, but I wish I’d purchased the physical book (still might — if you’re a Prime member it’s 60% off). It’s a beautiful book with foil text on the cover.
This book felt like reading one long magazine essay. I love the voice Danielle brings to social media; she’s unapologetic, smart and funny. As an added bonus, she’s a horse girl
I got this ebook for free via Amazon Prime’s First Reads, but I wish I’d purchased the physical book (still might — if you’re a Prime member it’s 60% off). It’s a beautiful book with foil text on the cover.
This book felt like reading one long magazine essay. I love the voice Danielle brings to social media; she’s unapologetic, smart and funny. As an added bonus, she’s a horse girl
literatelindsay's review against another edition
3.0
I loved the beginning of this book, but the ending was much more about poor body image for my taste. It should come with a TW for EDs. Wish I would’ve realized before I got so far into it.
khaliyah_monay's review against another edition
2.0
uninspiring…
I love memoirs but this one just wasn’t it for me. I would never defy a black woman by saying her story shouldn’t be shared. But for me a memoir is supposed to invite the reader into your world and leave them with something to take away. Yes not every black girls story is like this one so I knew it wouldn’t be relatable to me but I honestly just expected more. It was flat and honestly made me question the authors integrity with some of the stories she shared. Instead of calling it Token Black Girl it should’ve been titled “Revoke my Black Card”. Though there isn’t ONE way of being BLACK; the author just had very questionable morals and values and silenced her voice at an early age forcing herself to blend into the world around her. She struggled with acceptance of herself and also sadly wasn’t taught the values from her family of her skin and culture. The only takeaway I have from this book is that it’s very important to raise your children with knowledge of their culture no matter what it is so they aren’t looking to the world to feed them their own version of identity.
I love memoirs but this one just wasn’t it for me. I would never defy a black woman by saying her story shouldn’t be shared. But for me a memoir is supposed to invite the reader into your world and leave them with something to take away. Yes not every black girls story is like this one so I knew it wouldn’t be relatable to me but I honestly just expected more. It was flat and honestly made me question the authors integrity with some of the stories she shared. Instead of calling it Token Black Girl it should’ve been titled “Revoke my Black Card”. Though there isn’t ONE way of being BLACK; the author just had very questionable morals and values and silenced her voice at an early age forcing herself to blend into the world around her. She struggled with acceptance of herself and also sadly wasn’t taught the values from her family of her skin and culture. The only takeaway I have from this book is that it’s very important to raise your children with knowledge of their culture no matter what it is so they aren’t looking to the world to feed them their own version of identity.