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Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds, Jason Griffin
3.0
emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

i mean… i don’t really have that many thoughts. i didn’t realise it would be a “stream of consciousness” poetry book, or else i wouldn’t have picked it up.
i liked the prose, and the illustrations really tipped this over to the 3-star rank, but idk this style of poetry always feels incredibly surface level to me. i expect you to go beyond basic concepts in poetry and to me it didn’t feel like this did.
the writing style really evoked a 2020-feeling in me tho. don’t ever do that again 🙏

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