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Woah.
I really do not gravitate towards books with narratives of enslaved people. They, understandably, make me really sad and put me in a place that I need to be in a specific mindset to be able to digest. I've seen this book around and EVERYONE was singing its praises. I've been wanting to read it, but I wasn't in the mind space to read it every time it came my time when it was available for hold. I finally got around to it and....wow.
The characters in this book were so distinct. Like, such amazingly beautiful people, and it made me so sad because there are not many narratives with enslaved peoples in it that end well. The fact that this story depicted queer Black men just took it to another level. I've never read anything like this before. This book crushed me. My poor partner walked in on me as I was clutching my knees to my chest and sobbing while listening to the audiobook.
I definitely think I did the right thing in waiting until I was in the right mindset to read this book, but even then, it was heavy and painful. However, truthful narratives about enslaved peoples are heavy and painful. I'm sad, but I believe that that was the point.
I really do not gravitate towards books with narratives of enslaved people. They, understandably, make me really sad and put me in a place that I need to be in a specific mindset to be able to digest. I've seen this book around and EVERYONE was singing its praises. I've been wanting to read it, but I wasn't in the mind space to read it every time it came my time when it was available for hold. I finally got around to it and....wow.
The characters in this book were so distinct. Like, such amazingly beautiful people, and it made me so sad because there are not many narratives with enslaved peoples in it that end well. The fact that this story depicted queer Black men just took it to another level. I've never read anything like this before. This book crushed me. My poor partner walked in on me as I was clutching my knees to my chest and sobbing while listening to the audiobook.
I definitely think I did the right thing in waiting until I was in the right mindset to read this book, but even then, it was heavy and painful. However, truthful narratives about enslaved peoples are heavy and painful. I'm sad, but I believe that that was the point.
3.5/5 stars
Queer astronaut drama in space? Yes please! This one was fun! A little hard to follow, but fun :)
Queer astronaut drama in space? Yes please! This one was fun! A little hard to follow, but fun :)
This was trash. So much so that I put the second book on hold immediately. You know….for trash research
There’s nothing like a solidly good Helen Hoang book! Not the most perfect thing, but very good :)
I read this one for my SS methods course that I'm taking in graduate school. I think that this is one of the best textbooks that I've had for a class ever.
Making Content Comprehensible for Elementary English Learners: The Siop Model
Maryellen Vogt, Jana Echevarria, Deborah Short
Read this for my graduate program. Very helpful :)
Ughhhhhh. I don’t like that these are entertaining me. The characters are annoying and there’s dedo rey problematic stuff, that being said, I’m going to continue
Such a cute book! I really enjoyed the premise and the queer representation was lovely as well
