Reviews

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla

noonjinx's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

A collection of essays by some incredibly talented young Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic authors about growing up and living in Britain. Some are funny, some are thoughtful, but all of them are beautifully written. 

purrplenerd's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

rosesinmarch's review against another edition

5.0

Really liked reading about the different perspectives especially of class and location in the UK. It sounds stupid but it's makes me even more observing of media and the government and the representative within it. 

lottie_c's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

kayo32's review against another edition

informative reflective

4.0

carolinate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

sarasofraz's review against another edition

4.0

I really loved all the essays in this collection. Many of the essays were written by people I already adored so it was nice to read them but also get to read other awesome creative poc stories. I thought the essays were very relatable, interesting, informative and although some stories made me sad/angry/disappointed in the world others were funny and lovely to read. I loved this collection and it was so nice to get to read so many essays by awesome people. Rarely does poc actually get space to create stuff like this and now I crave more.

k_kay's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

Great read, feels like a conversation with friends about experiences in Britain when you are a POC. So many relatable stories. The audiobook is read by the individual authors, so felt like you could really hear their emotion and humour. 
-Yellow
-Window of opportunity 
-You can’t say that! Stories have to be about white people
-Cutting through (on black barbershops and masculinity)
-Perpetuating casteism 
-The ungrateful country
We’re my favourite essays. Shade by Salena Godden felt a bit out of place. I thought she made some very interesting notes on her experience as a mixed raced woman, but spends the whole essay reflecting on perceived shades without once mentioning colourism. It comes off as very intentional as she shared the opinion that Zoe salanda was ‘black enough’ to play Nina Simone.  I respect her opinion but her message felt very much like she was saying we should not see colour. In a sea of essays that focus on how their race or culture is perceived … it felt disconnected from the other essays.

cs4_0reads's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

3.75

ben_morriss's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0