A review by pinkiereads
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

challenging dark funny sad tense medium-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

3.25

i wish i could have liked this book but i just didn’t… there was just something missing or some disconnect in the writing. the premise was interesting but it honestly didn’t feel like it went anywhere? i really liked the statistics and i can say parts of it were good, like how the separate stories entertained. simon j craft and hendrix young were probably my favorite perspectives because they felt more real. the two main characters…. idk. something wasn’t working and i hate to say it but it might have been the fact that the author is a man but they just felt so unreal and one dimensional even as he was clearly trying to write them as complex. anyway, not my favorite. also dragged on really long tbh… i really wanted to like it but i just wanted it to be over 
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