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alyshadeshae 's review for:
Punching the Air
by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
Wow. I knew I would love this. The cover, the people that gave praise, the names attached - I knew it. Then I discovered it was in verse and was a little worried I would have trouble reading through. But no. It followed magically and beautifully!
My absolute only complaint is that there's no proper ending. Which I feel may have been done to leave the readers feeling like it might be happy. But in all honesty, we know the criminal justice system in this country - it is unlikely that there is a happy ending here.
If you know nothing about our justice system, read this. And then do some research. It's barely touched on, but our prison system is becoming more and more profit based and that is not okay.
My absolute only complaint is that there's no proper ending. Which I feel may have been done to leave the readers feeling like it might be happy. But in all honesty, we know the criminal justice system in this country - it is unlikely that there is a happy ending here.
If you know nothing about our justice system, read this. And then do some research. It's barely touched on, but our prison system is becoming more and more profit based and that is not okay.