A review by kateyhb
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this book. As a nurse, I found it extremely poignant because we have have a responsibility to reckon with the dark history of reproductive injustice and medical experimentation on BIPOC folks in the not so distance past and present. 

I loved the characters, the plot, and I will be thinking about this book for a long time to come. The only thing I didn’t love was how at times it felt a little bit “rich savior” tropey. However, I think that was part of the point-folks with privilege don’t face many of the same injustices as those in deep poverty.
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