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rebekah_florence's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The only critique that I have for the novel is that I wish he would have found different phrasings to describe the pockets of community, moments of joy, or intense experiences our main character came into contact with other than âsmall worldsâ. The first time it was used hit hard but after that, it felt unnecessarily repetitive.
So many of the characters move from lost to found throughout the novel and their transformations are so glorious to watch. What is for you will never leave you. What is for you will find you. What is for you will come back to you. I canât wait for his next release. Until then, this will stick with me â¤ď¸
Graphic: Deportation and Police brutality
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent
peggy_racham's review against another edition
4.5
As Connan Grey said "I truely am my parents child."
Some things can not be helped.
Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Drug use, Police brutality, Violence, Death of parent, and Racism
rworrall78's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
The biggest message is about space, space to be, to love, to eat, to dance, to make music, to live. It debts delves into the racism, violence and oppression visited on Black bodies and Black lives by white supremacist thinking, media and policing.
So for that brilliance and I love it. Also for building such real characters.
Until the end the looping images weren't landing with me, so they seemed pleased with their own cleverness; a cleverness that just wasn't evident to me until the end. So I maybe love it more in hindsight than I did while I was reading it.
Graphic: Violence, Slavery, and Racism
Moderate: Police brutality, Death of parent, and Drug use
Minor: Child death
the_modernreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Police brutality and Grief
rinku's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol
isobel_laura's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Graphic: Police brutality
aducharme4's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Racism, Police brutality, and Death of parent
sakisreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Caleb Azumah Nelson does it again đđź Small Worlds encapsulates so much love and especially during the second half, I found it hard to put down đĽš
I âonlyâ give it 4.5 stars out of 5, because although it was phenomenal, nothing has done it for me quite in the same way that Open Water has since I finished that đ Still brilliant though and highly recommend reading Small Worlds, thanks â¨
Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Police brutality, Racism, Death, and Hate crime
theblushbookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Grief, Police brutality, and Death of parent
Moderate: Racism and Violence
Minor: Colonisation
divyab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Death of parent and Police brutality
Minor: Alcoholism