Queenie, a Jamaican-British twenty-something, has just broken up with her boyfriend and is having a difficult time. She is examining what went wrong in her interracial relationship, as well as her relationships at work and her “well-meaning” white, liberal friends and coworkers.
This book was really interesting and a fun read. The beginning is more Bridget Jones-esque as we get to know Queenie and her friends as she parties and dates through London. The latter half is more introspective, as Queenie deals with her mental health and issues surrounding her life. There were a lot of hard hitting issues touched in this book- racism (both intention and unintentional, and how both hurt), the immigrant communities reluctance to seek mental health treatment, childhood trauma and abandonment, and black lives matter (reactions, or non reactions from those Queenie loves). I definitely advise reading this book for fun, but also for a peek into another’s life that is outside your typical reading space (at least for me!).
“𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴”
This book was really interesting and a fun read. The beginning is more Bridget Jones-esque as we get to know Queenie and her friends as she parties and dates through London. The latter half is more introspective, as Queenie deals with her mental health and issues surrounding her life. There were a lot of hard hitting issues touched in this book- racism (both intention and unintentional, and how both hurt), the immigrant communities reluctance to seek mental health treatment, childhood trauma and abandonment, and black lives matter (reactions, or non reactions from those Queenie loves). I definitely advise reading this book for fun, but also for a peek into another’s life that is outside your typical reading space (at least for me!).
“𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴”