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Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson
3.0
dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Ishi Robinson covers some great topics with her book; colorism, favorism in families, neglect, socio-economic challenges, and other things. However Robinson never delves deep into the themes. The character development for Pumpkin came out of nowhere. We do not unpack glaringly bad things. The plot was paced bad, it dragged then it rushed. I thought the audiobook was great; I enjoyed listening to it.