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I think the nameless characters made it hard for me to connect and I couldn't understand the point of naming the "others". The story is sad&true for so many so I empathize with that and also that's it's based on the author's own experience. However it felt disjointed. Generally I like non chronological stories but this one didn't seem clear (maybe that's an audio problem?). But I felt I missed something critical at the beginning.

Half way through and I'm not hating it but I feel not overly invested. I'm wondering if it's the lack of names and just titles that is making me feel alienated from the characters a little.

An appropriately bookish puzzle to work on while I finished the last read and started another. Unfortunately the puzzle itself only lasted for maybe 6hrs ish.

An American woman of Asian Indian heritage lays in her driveway bleeding after being shot. Not only does her life flash by in snippets, with a great deal of suffered racism, but we slowly learn what has happened, which is equally horrifying. Really important themes with engaging bits of story, but the choppiness of it makes it a little less smooth than I would have liked. Definitely worthwhile, though.

A book that speaks truthfully; that opens your eyes and mind to lives of people we don‘t often read about; a book that challenges your perspectives; that makes you uncomfortable because of the truth it holds. However, the style that it's been written in might not be everyone's cup of tea.

A very literary debut and a quick read. This author will be at this year‘s Decatur Book Festival on a panel with Tope Folarin in a great matchup!!

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This book contains a powerful and important message but the execution just didn‘t work for me. The format and writing style was very unemotional and left me feeling completely detached from the main character and had me questioning the believability. I am absolutely not questioning the author‘s experience or pervasive racism but the way the story was presented, without many details of the climactic situation left me unsatisfied. #unpopularopinion