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Gives Such a Clear Voice to Adolescents

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-11-19

What a joy to listen to! This story while simple in plot shines light and gives voice to a common African American summer experience. Kudos! Can’t wait to hear more from these rich characters.

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Dialogue Unbelievable and lazy characterization of locations

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3 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-03-19

The overall plot was interesting, however the dialogue between characters seemed one dimensional, predictable, and oversimplified.

As a lifetime resident of the DC MD VA area where much of the books takes place, I took offense to her characterization of certain neighborhoods as good, bad, unsavory, etc. The descriptions seemed to equate the quality of a neighborhood by race alone, which read as extremely lazy and irresponsible in her research. It honestly has alienated me as a reader of her novels moving forward.

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