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Clap Back
by Nalo Hopkinson
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
That was something - I didn't love it or hate it. I felt it though. A feeling of dread even though Wenda's Clap Back and the ending are supposed to be these carthatic moments, it feels like it'll be shortlived.
A 2.75⭐ not rounded . These series has only produced maybe 2 stories I have actually liked. I have 1 more to go. Let's hope for an even split down the middle.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
Performance art can be so snobby cringe and sometimes stinks of hipster-meets-white trustfund "I hate being rich pity me and see my art I'm different! I am enlightened" - well usually.
Wenda's Clap Back was depressing, righteous, painful and angry - so successful in the end.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Let's for a second pretend Agnetta Burri actually did the quilt to couture thing - how very neocolonial with a huge splash of capitalistic greed. She was annoying but she tried to roght her wrongs so I guess there's that.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene: :
Student Loans Paid!
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “Please make this work. Please make this work.” Maybe speaking her intention would help. It certainly couldn’t hurt. Intention was plenty. It had brought the horrors on the table into existence, after all.” (Wenda attempting to transmute centuries of Anti-black knick knacks and shit)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts :
■ Storylet: nanite-story fabric/nanobot stories
■Wenda's Blackamoors, Jemima figurines and Iwin
■ The forgiveness quilt
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025
A 2.75⭐ not rounded . These series has only produced maybe 2 stories I have actually liked. I have 1 more to go. Let's hope for an even split down the middle.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
Performance art can be so snobby cringe and sometimes stinks of hipster-meets-white trustfund "I hate being rich pity me and see my art I'm different! I am enlightened" - well usually.
Wenda's Clap Back was depressing, righteous, painful and angry - so successful in the end.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Let's for a second pretend Agnetta Burri actually did the quilt to couture thing - how very neocolonial with a huge splash of capitalistic greed. She was annoying but she tried to roght her wrongs so I guess there's that.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene: :
Student Loans Paid!
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “Please make this work. Please make this work.” Maybe speaking her intention would help. It certainly couldn’t hurt. Intention was plenty. It had brought the horrors on the table into existence, after all.” (Wenda attempting to transmute centuries of Anti-black knick knacks and shit)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts :
■ Storylet: nanite-story fabric/nanobot stories
■Wenda's Blackamoors, Jemima figurines and Iwin
■ The forgiveness quilt
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025