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In Every Mirror She's Black by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström
1.0

I don't know what it is like to be a Black woman, so my take on this story could be way off, but there were a lot of things in this book that felt really off to me. 

Like how all three women felt as though they were being portrayed as *needing* men. As though their worth was determined by their proximity to men, especially white men. 

Whilst I'm aware that Black women are frequently made to feel this way, I would have liked the book to counter this falsity instead of buying into it.

Plus, using autism as the excuse for Jonny's toxic behaviour was just plain offensive.