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A review by menniemenace
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
2.0
Might've given it a 2.5/5 if it was possible, but definitely not a 3.
I was so excited to read this, and some people said it's an even better version of Bridget Jones, which I've never read -tried 2 times but didn't go through with it- but really loved the movie.
It wasn't a better version of BJ. It's far more serious and kind of traumatic in a sense. Queenie goes through a relationship break, in which she dives head first into a series of awful decisions and really terrible one night stands. It gets ugly in both physical and emotional sense, and ends up almost costing her her job and a horrible friend. (I hated that friend so much.)
The book talks about racism, bad childhoods, and messy breakups. Queenie isn't perfect, she almost always does bad stuff that brings her no joy and hurt her so bad, she goes with whatever her casual hookups want her to do no matter how much she hates it. It got hard to sympathize with her more times than I can count. I really had a hard time finishing this book.
I don't think I'll go through similar scenario in my own life for a variety of reasons, but I do let people hurt me and don't speak up for myself most of the time, so I felt for her on that part.
The audio was amazing, the narrator's accent was so lovely and I've never heard Jamaican accent before. The cover was beautiful, if Queenie's hair really looked like this I would've totally fell for her, and Kyazike was awesome in more ways than one. Thoese are my favorite things about this book.
I was so excited to read this, and some people said it's an even better version of Bridget Jones, which I've never read -tried 2 times but didn't go through with it- but really loved the movie.
It wasn't a better version of BJ. It's far more serious and kind of traumatic in a sense. Queenie goes through a relationship break, in which she dives head first into a series of awful decisions and really terrible one night stands. It gets ugly in both physical and emotional sense, and ends up almost costing her her job and a horrible friend. (I hated that friend so much.)
The book talks about racism, bad childhoods, and messy breakups. Queenie isn't perfect, she almost always does bad stuff that brings her no joy and hurt her so bad, she goes with whatever her casual hookups want her to do no matter how much she hates it. It got hard to sympathize with her more times than I can count. I really had a hard time finishing this book.
I don't think I'll go through similar scenario in my own life for a variety of reasons, but I do let people hurt me and don't speak up for myself most of the time, so I felt for her on that part.
The audio was amazing, the narrator's accent was so lovely and I've never heard Jamaican accent before. The cover was beautiful, if Queenie's hair really looked like this I would've totally fell for her, and Kyazike was awesome in more ways than one. Thoese are my favorite things about this book.