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Gorilla, My Love, by Toni Cade Bambara

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michaellouisdixon's review against another edition

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5.0

Love her voice!

katrinky's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

what I loved most about this collection was its complete timelessness. this book could have been published ten years ago, but in fact the stories in were published between the 50s-70s, and the author died in 1995. that's how immediate the language is, how fresh the ideas are, how instantly recognizable the characters are outside of any time or even place.

some stories were more challenging than others, but this whole collection knocked my socks off. I found it in a "books that mattered to me most" article about black booksellers, and am so glad to have tracked it down.

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tortolili's review against another edition

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5.0

(4.5 stars)

ryanpait's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

beaboop's review against another edition

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funny informative reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

stuff4bd's review

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2.0

Reading for book group and did not realize this was short stories (my least favorite format). I struggled to identify with the characters which was compounded by language issues in some of the works. Not my cup of tea.