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Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown
3.0
challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Black Girl Unlimited using magical realism to show the tumultuous life Echo Brown lives. Once I realized the text was autobiographical I came at it from a different angle because the set-up originally was confusing for me. I enjoyed the story, and it was stirring; painful to read while bringing tears to my eyes. It addresses a lot of issues within the black community. The wizard angle was a brilliant storytelling technique, but after a while I got tired of it... I don't think I was the target audience for this book. I can see this beautiful story touching many people though.