This book didn't serve me exactly what I was expecting, and that's OK. This book is part of the Black Lives Matter narrative and rightly so. I recently watched 13th on Netflix and I'm happy I did because it taught me a lot of history, which added to my understand of this book.
This isn't a long story about the criminal justice system in the US. Instead it tells you about Roy and Celestial whose lives have been turned up-side down when Roy is put in jail for a rape he didn't commit.
This book is a believable look at what would happen to a family when something like this happens. It's told through the eyes of Roy, Celestial and their best friend Andre.
The book has a slow pace, but I think it fit the narrative. I can highly recommend this book especially if you watch it with the aforementioned documentary.
This isn't a long story about the criminal justice system in the US. Instead it tells you about Roy and Celestial whose lives have been turned up-side down when Roy is put in jail for a rape he didn't commit.
This book is a believable look at what would happen to a family when something like this happens. It's told through the eyes of Roy, Celestial and their best friend Andre.
The book has a slow pace, but I think it fit the narrative. I can highly recommend this book especially if you watch it with the aforementioned documentary.
4 stars
Statistics:
Date read: June 28, 2020
Date published: January 29, 2018
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Format: Audio
Pages: 308
Genre: Contemporary
My Number of Books Read by this Author: 1
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