Reflective!!

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Reflective like Iloh's debut, but in a different way.

I claimed a copy of Break This House by Candice Iloh from Bookish First. I absolutely loved Iloh’s verse debut, Everybody Looking, and so I was really eager for their prose debut. Break this House is a coming of age story about grief, divorce and familial estrangement. This book was set up to be a new favorite for me, but my brain constantly kept getting distracted. So while I did enjoy what I recall from this one, I am putting this one aside with a mini review of Not Right Now (NRN). The themes of grief and family tension were well done, but it was almost too evocative. I think with all the chaos of the past month, I couldn’t devote the time and brain power a serious book like this one needs. Iloh still has the gripping writing I came to admire from their debut, so I am excited when I do get a chance to pick this one back up.
Rep: Black cis female MC, Black cast.

CWs: Grief, death of parent. Moderate: Mental illness (depression - not the MC), addiction, drug use, alcohol consumption, cancer, death, possible suicide (left unclear).