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kyriannaj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Racism, Kidnapping, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Colonisation
3readingcircus's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Kidnapping
lycheejelly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Gaslighting
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Colonisation
kynajayne's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Racism, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Kidnapping
paronomaniac's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Racism and Gaslighting
Minor: Kidnapping and Stalking
peachani's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Infidelity and Kidnapping
wellreadmegs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
The first half of the book was slow for me. I kept waiting and waiting for things to get more interesting - & then it finally did! I still have so many questions by the end of the book. What happened to Nella? What happened to the article? This book had similar themes to "Get Out" and I'm very curious to read more reviews and articles after this to find out what others thought.
The last 40 pages made this book for me.
Moderate: Racism and Kidnapping
deamon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Racial slurs, Slavery, and Kidnapping
bootsmom3's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, and Stalking
seawarrior's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
In creating the political environment of Wagner Books and Nella's personhood the writing was strong and sharply observant. Nella felt like a person who could feasibly exist and it was easy to empathize with her motivations and anxieties as she navigated routine microaggressions from her coworkers and the strangeness of Hazel's possible sabotage attempts. Yet the numerous times facets of her personality and viewpoints were revealed through extended flashbacks was disorienting, which I also felt from the book as a whole. It was difficult keeping up when the chapters switched perspective to a different woman, and wasn't sure if this was meant to be a deliberate effect on the reader or not.
My other primary issue was that the final reveal of the conspiracy each of these women were involved in, and that Hazel was using against Nella, was stunning but not necessarily satisfying. By the time its secrets were unraveled, this overarching conspiracy felt almost silly in comparison to the realistic tone the novel already established. Regardless, it does serve to well illustrate not only the ruthless competition that Black women encounter in the workplace, but the exhaustion of enduring it and maintaining agreeable even when encountering massive insensitivity from white coworkers.
The Other Black Girl may not be a debut with perfect execution, but it has a point to make that is worth paying attention to. I would still recommend reading it and look forward to Harris' future works.
Moderate: Racism, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment