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The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

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The Other Black Girl is currently being majorly hyped as the book to read this summer. Although I did enjoy reading this novel, for the most part, and it kept me up later than I should have been up on a work night because I did not want to put it down, I saw the ending coming a mile away, so I am on the fence if it is worth all the hype.

The premise of The Other Black Girl is very intriguing, especially when you learn that the author has based some of it on her own experience in the publishing industry: it is about an editorial assistant named Nella Rogers, who is the only Black girl that works at the prestigious Wagner Books (a fictional publishing company) in New York, until the other Black girl shows up, Hazel-May McCall. At first it seems like Nella may have finally found an ally in Hazel at the very white Wagner, but then things begin to happen and suddenly Hazel has become the office darling while everyone has turned against Nella. Then Nella finds a note on her desk that says, “LEAVE WAGNER. NOW.”

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Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

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Monkey Beach is the first novel by Indigenous writer Eden Robinson and was first published in 2000. It is set in Haisla territory on the British Columbia coast just north of Vancouver Island, where Robinson was born. Monkey Beach is an engrossing read, but the ending devastated me, and I actually woke up in the middle of the night thinking about it.

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White Fox by Sara Faring

White Fox by Sara Faring

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I had my eye on White Fox for awhile before finally purchasing it. It sounds exactly like the kind of novel that I would eat up: a mystery about two sisters whose famous actor mother, Mireille Foix, disappeared a decade earlier, they discover their mother’s long-lost screenplay, White Fox, that she was working on when she disappeared, and it may hold clues to what really happened to her. I devoured this novel in two days, not able to put it down until I knew what happened to Mireille Foix. I found this novel very interesting to read because of the way it is structured, but I think the whole mystery behind the mother’s disappearance was a bit too simplistic in the end.

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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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I am very late to the Where the Crawdads Sing party, but better late than never, right? After reading this novel, I can see why it was such a hit when it first came out. I really enjoyed reading it and had a hard time putting it down; I finished reading it in two days. I very highly recommend you read this novel if you are like me and are also late to the Where the Crawdads Sing party.

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My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

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My Dark Vanessa was published to much fanfare in March 2020. At the time, I was indecisive about whether I wanted to buy a book that I felt for sure, based on the subject matter, I was not going to like. In the end I decided not to read it. About a year later, My Dark Vanessa went on sale on Kindle books and once again I found myself dithering over whether I wanted to buy it. In the end curiosity won out and I decided to read it. It turns out that I was right, I did not enjoy reading My Dark Vanessa. I do not know how anyone can enjoy reading a novel about a 15-year-old girl being sexually groomed by her 42-year-old English teacher. However, that does not mean I think you should not read this novel.

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