abaighritz's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-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? Yes
4.5
The writing was great, I felt like I really knew three main characters. Taking place in Sweden some of the language and places didn’t feel familiar but did not make it and less easy to follow along.
The three women have very little overlap and I kept expecting more, love a big reveal. It just happened naturally and that was fine. They all had independent things happening in their lives and at the end they all going d some sort of freedom wether they were intentionally searching for it or not.
Heavy on trauma among black women but stories that deserve to be told.
I found myself wanting to read more about one story but then had to read about the other two stories before I got there and that maybe made it so I took longer than usual to read.
The three women have very little overlap and I kept expecting more, love a big reveal. It just happened naturally and that was fine. They all had independent things happening in their lives and at the end they all going d some sort of freedom wether they were intentionally searching for it or not.
Heavy on trauma among black women but stories that deserve to be told.
I found myself wanting to read more about one story but then had to read about the other two stories before I got there and that maybe made it so I took longer than usual to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, and Suicide attempt
olamroczek's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-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? Yes
3.0
I didn’t read the first part of this series but I had no problem jumping in the story and understanding what was going on.
The book tells the story of three Black women living in Sweden and struggling with racism, their own bad decisions and other various life problems.
I found this book quite captivating with the plot but I didn’t particularly enjoy the structure of the book. I felt like it was flat and lacking some points of surprise before the last 50 pages or so.
I liked the characters, they felt like real people when making mistakes and dealing with their problems but I would have enjoyed it more if the characters were generally more dimensional. However, having not read the first book in the series, it might be the reason why I felt the characters were lacking some character outside of the plot as I haven’t met them in the first book.
Overall, I enjoyed the book in some aspects but I would have liked it more had the structure of the plot been more gripping.
Thank you NetGalley and Head of Zeus for a digital ARC copy in exchange for my honest review.
The book tells the story of three Black women living in Sweden and struggling with racism, their own bad decisions and other various life problems.
I found this book quite captivating with the plot but I didn’t particularly enjoy the structure of the book. I felt like it was flat and lacking some points of surprise before the last 50 pages or so.
I liked the characters, they felt like real people when making mistakes and dealing with their problems but I would have enjoyed it more if the characters were generally more dimensional. However, having not read the first book in the series, it might be the reason why I felt the characters were lacking some character outside of the plot as I haven’t met them in the first book.
Overall, I enjoyed the book in some aspects but I would have liked it more had the structure of the plot been more gripping.
Thank you NetGalley and Head of Zeus for a digital ARC copy in exchange for my honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Suicide attempt
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