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Brown Girl in the Ring
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Update: I just realized I did not add the link to the finished review here - you can go to tor.com to read it!
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I think this was my third reread of this book, the first one is pre-Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. Review coming soon in my column at Tor.com, this was a "readers vote with many ticky boxes" choice.
I feel like every time I get something different out of it. This time I found myself thinking this would be such a shoo-in for New Adult (which readers ask for A LOT) but doesn't get characterized as New Adult because it is not a "white protagonist goes to college coming of age" plot but rather "Afro-Caribbean migrant protagonist is a young mother coming of age" plot. On this reread I found myself thinking about the parallels with Vita Nostra, of all things. (Which has a "Russian protagonist goes to college coming of age" plot :) also with magic, like here.)
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Source of the book: I no longer remember? Used bookstore?
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I think this was my third reread of this book, the first one is pre-Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. Review coming soon in my column at Tor.com, this was a "readers vote with many ticky boxes" choice.
I feel like every time I get something different out of it. This time I found myself thinking this would be such a shoo-in for New Adult (which readers ask for A LOT) but doesn't get characterized as New Adult because it is not a "white protagonist goes to college coming of age" plot but rather "Afro-Caribbean migrant protagonist is a young mother coming of age" plot. On this reread I found myself thinking about the parallels with Vita Nostra, of all things. (Which has a "Russian protagonist goes to college coming of age" plot :) also with magic, like here.)
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Source of the book: I no longer remember? Used bookstore?
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