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The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead

tesstells's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

alliegray's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-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

3.0

jmr33090's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.25

carriepond's review against another edition

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5.0

A very difficult read. I read it out loud to my husband and about halfway through we set it aside for a couple weeks before we could come back to it, but I'm so glad we did. It was beautifully written and the core characters are wonderful. It is an important account of an ugly reality of our not-so-distant history.

samantasas's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

slpellicci's review

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challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

snixon67's review against another edition

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5.0

Heartbreaking and riveting

This was an amazing look at an ugly part of our history. It’s hard to believe that these things happened; but they’re did and the story here barely scratches the surface

corrina_milito's review against another edition

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4.0

This is an incredibly slow burn but it absolutely pays off in the end.

fchope's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

sba's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0