*𝑰 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒉𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝑹𝑪. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏*
First off, the cover for this book is ever, colorful and fun. After reading the book, I believe that the description and comparisons to some movies are accurate. Overall, the book is witty and has many funny moments. As a person of color, the character, his family, and interactions with friends and in his community were relatable and easy to visualize. I do think that there was a little too much focus or emphasis on race even though that accounted for a big part of the book. It came off as overly done in a way and so much so that it became annoying. However, that said, I do understand why the author chose to do this and it did coincide with some of the overall points of the book. The mini tips to the reader within the book were sometimes funny and interesting, but there were also times when I mentally eye rolled and thought "great, another tip." Again, I know that was the gist of the book, but I personally become annoyed when authors overly do something in a story. I deducted from my overall rating because of these different things.
First off, the cover for this book is ever, colorful and fun. After reading the book, I believe that the description and comparisons to some movies are accurate. Overall, the book is witty and has many funny moments. As a person of color, the character, his family, and interactions with friends and in his community were relatable and easy to visualize. I do think that there was a little too much focus or emphasis on race even though that accounted for a big part of the book. It came off as overly done in a way and so much so that it became annoying. However, that said, I do understand why the author chose to do this and it did coincide with some of the overall points of the book. The mini tips to the reader within the book were sometimes funny and interesting, but there were also times when I mentally eye rolled and thought "great, another tip." Again, I know that was the gist of the book, but I personally become annoyed when authors overly do something in a story. I deducted from my overall rating because of these different things.