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Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

15 reviews

izzyreads13's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-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

2.75

I’d like to start this out by saying that I am a poem lover, I love poems, I’ve read the poet X before and loved that book. However, something about this book didn’t do it for me.

I’m aware that this book is shorter and therefore would not go into detail about a lot of things but I feel like it could have benefited from being longer. I love reading books and feeling some form of connection with the character or at least a good understanding and while I totally understood where the mc was coming from, I didn’t really connect to her, so I didn’t really care. It was an easy read, hence why I finished it and I did want to see where the rest of the story went although I would’ve been fine not knowing.

A lot of things go by very quickly, and that’s really the part that bugged me. It felt like every so often we’d get a new character, something happens, they’re gone for a while, they come back, it’s Wtv and so on. 

I did have a few quotes in this book  that I did appreciate but I’m usually an avid tab user and this is definitely my least tabbed book. But all things said and done I did at least enjoy the writing style, I love how it read like a conversation and I enjoyed the way things were worded. I just didn’t particularly connect with anything or anyone hence my lack of interest  but it did have a good overall lesson so this is probably best for maybe like a middle school level class trying to go into poem analysis but that’s really it for me. 

I hope you found this review helpful, Happy reading!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Cursing

michaelion's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I bought this because I thought it was a poetry book. I was wrong. Anyway.

I really related to / understood the emotions of the character so it got some extra points. Other than that it's just okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

nicolescottwv's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

tahsintries's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, and Sexism

onceandfuturereads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

5.0

A quick read about friendship and so much more, Chlorine Sky is a new favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual assault

dtierra's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

3.5

This is a really quick read! I read the whole thing in roughly an hour while taking a bath. I really wanted to like this book. I enjoyed the authors writing style and there’s some beautiful quotations in the book and water imagery. That said, the book is very fast paced and short. It goes by a bit too fast and it’s hard to connect with the characters before the book is truly over.

If I am not mistaken, there is a queer undertone to the storyline of the main character and her tumultuous friendship with her best friend/ex best friend. I would have really loved to see that explored more in depth as I found it incredibly intriguing

The prose in this book is great and I love the imagery. I wish it was longer so we could see more character development. The book is essentially short prose of 2-3 months in the aftermath of an ended friendship where the main character learns to not make herself small and to stand on her own. I would have loved to see what happened with some of the other characters and possibly explore some storylines. The book is written in a very slice of life manner. If that’s not your thing, you probably won’t enjoy this book but if it is, great book! I am looking forward to seeing what Browne releases in the future as her writing style is gorgeous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I love novels written in verse (especially those centered around coming-of-age and self discovery), so I was really eager to come across this debut by Mahogany L. Browne! That being said, I appreciated the overarching idea of this novel, but the execution fell kind of flat for me and I frequently found myself having to re-read verses to make sense of what was happening. It wasn't poorly written by any means, it just wasn't a writing style that I completely connected with. That being said, I definitely want to pick up more of this author's work in the future!

If you are looking for a novel in verse with diverse characters that highlights topics such as racism, sexism, and friendship this one is for you!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Sexism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Racism

mention of revenge porn

lolpink's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, and Sexual assault

violet_pages's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse