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dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this book absolutely did not do it for me. the issues were handled so poorly, and gigi's character was too perfect to care about, while everyone around her was cartoonishly bad. also, please do not read this book if you have an eating disorder or are in recovery. 

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dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this book did not need to be 640 pages, but I did get into it eventually.
dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I need to read the rest of k ancrum's body of work immediately. not very often a book makes me cry actual tears. 

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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challenging informative inspiring

this was one of the best books I have ever read regarding spirituality/religion. as christians, we have a responsibility to fight for the most marginalized, and this book makes that clear. some things I loved: how it was centered around freeing ourselves from toxic white evangelical theology, how it specifically called out white women's violence, how it explained europe's complicity with slavery, how it allows you to reflect on antiracism in your own life, how it explains reparations as a debt owed. I will definitely be rereading this lent and recommending (although I don't think my followers on my instagram are christian). thank you to cheri l mills for the work she put into this, which cannot have been easy. white christians have so much work to do and this book is a great tool leading us to do it.