This is probably the most devastatingly beautiful book I've ever read. Following Elwood and his unfortunate stay at the Nickel, is so heartbreaking, yet you can't look away.
The depictions of the abuse these boys suffered is not grusome; yet Whitehead is so meticulous with his language that he engages all of your senses within this 210 page novel. The images he conjured up are forever burned into my brain.
Absolutely outstanding!
No disrespect to the person Nana Kwame Adeji-Brenyah might be dating, but when someone writes like this, he or she is definitely Book Bae. I've never read anything like this. From the first story, Adejei-Brenyah comes out the gate swinging; and each story is like a beautifully, devastating, punch to the body. Story after story delivers a body blow, but you welcome each hit. You need the next story. It just hurts so good!
I absolutely loved the sci-fi/fantasy tone to the stories. Nana's writing is superb. Each story is wickedly clever and cerebral, delivering slick, smart, commentary on issues such as race and consumerism in our country. I actually had to take deep breath after each story to recover and process. You can peel back the layers of each story and have discussions for days It was so wonderful!
I am here for this young man and his writing. I am ready for the next hit that he delivers.
The world needs Tommy Orange right now!
Most of the books I read are all the same voice; different plots and settings but the same voice: straight, White, male/female who are well above the poverty line.
Then I read this book and it was like sunlight through the clouds. The voice of the urban, Native American is not one I have encountered. It was original, raw, honest, and at times spiritual. The loss Native Americans have experienced at the hands of colonizers is epic. Mr. Orange does a phenomenal job conveying the loss and longing of Urban Native Americans. The loss of identity, land, names; and the current struggle to find their place in modern day America.
Small Town, Big Magic by Hazel Beck I picked this up because it was romance and had witches in it. S/N I will give anything that has wi...
