A review by time_travel_tragedy
The Weight of Feathers, by Anna-Marie McLemore

emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

 This book about breaking generational trauma cycles and there are some really powerful moments that really hit home as someone with a difficult family that bears some similarity to some of the things the characters deal with. I feel like if you have a difficult family and hope to break generational cycles, this might be a good book for you BUT see below. 

There is a prominent cousin relationship going on though. And they do use the G-slur as a slur. So that is a thing.  I understand that it's "realistic" and she's basing it on her own homophobia before she was reformed. And yes, the fact that the main character was being racist was considered not okay by the one she called the slur, and it's definitely not encouraged in the book, but I still feel like she could have gotten her point across without it. The author also knew it was considered a slur. So you can't even say she didn't know. 

If you want books about generational trauma and breaking the cycle, I think you can find better books that don't include racial slurs. 
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