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Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
3.0

Queenie is a character that I just couldn't love. I wanted to give her head a shake. I wanted her to snap out of her funk. I wanted her to grow up. Did she learn about herself by the end of the novel? Will her behaviour change going forward? I just am not confident that she has or that it will.

What I did enjoy about this book was the writing, and the mixed media format. It's been so long since I read a book that included emails and texts and it was a fun breath of fresh air in my reading life! I also listened to the audio while reading the physical book, which I enjoyed as well. I really love reading this way when the characters have accents different from my own. I personally love the sound of a Bristish accent, and Queen is Jamacian-British so being able to pick up on the dialect while reading just added to the reading experience.

Overall, I didn't love or dislike this book. It was a fast contemporary read and I am glad that I read it after hearing Emily talk about it on her channel @LittleWriterEm.