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I loved this book so so much.

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This book touches on so many topics and has so much emotion that I picked it up and didn’t put it down again until I had finished.⁣
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The book is about Michael and his life and all the conflicts he sees from, gender inequality to racism, bigotry and homophobia. He spends his life feeling like he doesn’t quiet fit anywhere.⁣
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This book opened my eyes to so many things including how decisions as a parent, even made with good intentions can cause a child to feel left out of their heritage and how, for a black person, there is levels of black so when he goes to join the African Caribbean Society they tell him he is not black he is mixed, is it any wonder he feels like he doesn’t belong? I can’t even imagine someone saying I wasn’t white enough for a group which just shows how privileged I have been in my life.⁣
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The author isn’t afraid to have his character admit to having his own preconceived notions about things and the poem ‘Some men have vaginas’ really hit home for me.⁣
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The speech that Michael makes as the Black Flamingo at the end of this book absolutely phenomenal and you should get this book just for that!! ⁣
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I definitely recommend this to anyone and everyone and will be keeping on my shelves for my sons to read when they grow up. ⁣
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