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

5.0

I, like, don't even know how to review this novel. It made me sick to my stomach, it made my heart ache, it made me so, so angry. I wish I could put this novel in the hands of every person who has ever looked at me funny or said "that's unrealistic" when I told them I think we should abolish police and prisons. This quote in particular sums up my feelings perfectly: "I thought of how the world can be anything and how sad it is that it's this." This novel is essential reading. It's terrible, it's incredible. It blew me away.