A review by orizenda
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.0

The ending hit me like a truck. Like even though you’re somewhat expecting it… you’re not expecting that. at least i wasn’t. knowing nothing about the dozier school other than essentially the fictionalized account of it in the reformatory by tananarive due, my heart was breaking reading this and being forced to realize that the fiction may not be that far from the truth these boys had to live. it’s horrific that this is not so far in our history
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