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A review by sundayfever
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This was the most challenging book I've read this year. Deep dark look at incarceration, systemic racism and classism. Tense and really gripped me. It's rare a book actually has me on the edge of my seat. Lots to reflect on regarding the value of human life and prison abolition.
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Rape and Transphobia