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People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

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theglossreview's review against another edition

What I learned from People Person was not to skim through a book. Lesson: “Just DNF it properly. Stop immediately and leave it unread. Do not skip ahead to see if it will get better or to satisfy your curiosity. Your good faith is misplaced.” It only got worse.

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funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

a sweet, heartwarming story of estranged half siblings coming together in times of tragedy. it’s also laugh out loud funny! this was a fun, quick read, but I wish the characters experienced more growth.

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nkhensani_m's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book is not about what you think it's about.

The phrase "zany adventure" comes to mind. When incidental siblings come together to keep one of them out of Big Trouble, the story we read is one about family, the difficult consequences of all our choices, history and the way it reverberates for generations, and love in all its complicated glory.

I was worried when the first big "twist" was revealed because I could see that the author was asking me to suspend all disbelief and just support these people as they tried to figure things out. I pushed through and found quite a few moments of reflection and tenderness.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.75

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emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams and I wanted to read more of her work. My brother kindly gifted me this book for Christmas, and I went into this book blind and was not expecting it at all.

This book is based on Dimple Pennington, she knew of her half-siblings but she doesn’t really know them. Five people who don’t have anything in common except for the faint memories of being drive around Brixton in their dad’s gold jeep and some complex abandonment issues. Dimple has bigger things to think about. She's thirty, and her life isn’t really going anywhere. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend, Dimple’s life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. Despite a small but loyal following, she’s never felt more alone. That all changes when a catastrophic event brings her half siblings Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie and Prynce crashing back into her life. When they’re all forced to reconnect with their absent father, Cyril Pennington, they never knew things get even more complicated.

This plot had you from the first chapter. I thought it was going to be like a black Brady bunch and then it was domestic abuse and attempted murder. Then it just got worst and worst. These children have got so much unresolved trauma. I wanted to hug every one of those children. Each sibling has their own personality and their own thing going on. It was like being in my household, all the ex-wives hating each other. I was getting deja-vu just from the exes being together and bickering at a funeral.

I would have loved for this to be multiple POV, just with all the siblings and everyone involved in the story. I felt like this story hooked you from the first chapter but then the middle bit was quite slow going and I had to fight to push through to finish it.

Overall, this book was gripping and dramatic and I still want to hug each of those kids.

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