sooo many thoughts….. so many criticisms
This book had so much potential, but Hamid kinda dropped the ball. When Anders wakes up to discover that he went from being a white man to a brown man, he panics, as anyone would. But his panic is rooted in racism. He begins to experience the world and thoughts of a person of color. Before his eyes, he goes from being one of the few brown people in his community, to existing in a community with only brown people. Hamid does make a poignant observation about racism. But at the same time, this book came off really racist. The writing style was underdeveloped and the characters were sort of 2 dimensional, creating racist commentary that wasn't well thought out. A bummer because I absolutely loved the concept.