A review by teenicholereads3
Midnight by Sister Souljah

3.0

I read this book in my early twenties and liked it then. I decided to read it again ( for context I’m 39) and my opinion of the book completely changed. Midnight comes off as very arrogant and knowing everything at only the tender age of 14. The book doesn’t really go into why they suddenly had to leave Sudan and why the father wasn’t with them. Which strikes me as odd, considering the way Midnight puts his father ( and mom) on a pedestal. He always talks down about the “Black Americans” around him, especially the woman, but inherently he kills two men just like the Black men that he talks down on. And I don’t get why he thinks he’s so mature to take on a wife. Again, reading it definitely gave me a different perspective from reading it when I was younger. I’m on the fence about reading the second book… I don’t like unfinished stories, so I’m curious to see how Sister Souljah continues his story.