Thank you Bookish First for my review copy.
I was all excited to read this Black joy story and it didn’t work out exactly in my favor as I hoped it would. I wanted a carefree story, but both of the main characters are dealing with some heavy issues. Then there were several incidents of racism and can we not in these Black joy books? I deal with that a lot in my everyday life. I just want to read a book about Black people at our best! No heavy themes, topics. Just carefree living life Black people. Not asking for too much.
Back to the book. There were some fun moments along the way. I do like the way the main characters were able to talk to their parents and have open dialogue at the end. I loved that this book focused on the importance of friendship and how platonic love doesn’t necessarily lead to romance which is a good thing. The story also had good diverse side characters as well which helped the story progress.
CW: Abandonment, mental health issues, incidents of racism.
I was all excited to read this Black joy story and it didn’t work out exactly in my favor as I hoped it would. I wanted a carefree story, but both of the main characters are dealing with some heavy issues. Then there were several incidents of racism and can we not in these Black joy books? I deal with that a lot in my everyday life. I just want to read a book about Black people at our best! No heavy themes, topics. Just carefree living life Black people. Not asking for too much.
Back to the book. There were some fun moments along the way. I do like the way the main characters were able to talk to their parents and have open dialogue at the end. I loved that this book focused on the importance of friendship and how platonic love doesn’t necessarily lead to romance which is a good thing. The story also had good diverse side characters as well which helped the story progress.
CW: Abandonment, mental health issues, incidents of racism.