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Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
5.0

"You're not the first black woman Alex has hired to work for her family, and you probably won't be the last." This book kinda blew my mind. At one point or another I was frustrated by every character or frustrated that I wasn't frustrated at a character. Anyone who knows me knows I love a good, awkward dinner scene in film, and this book provides that and much more. The first chapter leaves you hooked and thinking that the book is about one thing, when it's mostly about another. Race, class, and dynamics between women are of but a few topics Reid addresses in this seemingly simplistic story.