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A review by laestaci
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
A tragedy and a compelling human story. Insights to the prison system. Too real projections about how capitalism and prisons and the military industrial complex can easily join forces to charge us the pleasure of watching people kill each other. That said, was hopeful for something else in the end.
Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Racial slurs, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail