Pros - fun YA fantasy - court politics and intrigue - queer rep - I like the magic system - I like Jude
Cons - girls 'fighting' over a boy - not enoug3 stars
Pros - fun YA fantasy - court politics and intrigue - queer rep - I like the magic system - I like Jude
Cons - girls 'fighting' over a boy - not enough depth in the worldbuilding - there was a tiny inconsistence in the magic system - bully romance. NO. NEVER....more
I love feminist investigative nonfiction so much! Likeeeee. I just never sat down and thought about alcohol and drinking and its history across the glI love feminist investigative nonfiction so much! Likeeeee. I just never sat down and thought about alcohol and drinking and its history across the globe as it affects women. I randomly stumbled across this one and I just knew I had to read it. It was so good. And so wide-reaching. Not just US and Europe but also Caribbean history, African history, and other parts of the globe. So much research went into this and it was never at any point boring to read. As always, books like this open my eyes more and more to the sheer injustice of being a woman and the burden that has always come with it from the dawn of time. Highly highly recommend. It's also my second five star of February. An amazing reading month so sar!...more
A fun and easy to read middle grade novel about friendship and kindness. I loved the characters, the little island setting, and the plot. Towards the A fun and easy to read middle grade novel about friendship and kindness. I loved the characters, the little island setting, and the plot. Towards the end, things got kinda dark/heavy, and I appreciate how the author handled those mature subjects in an MG book....more
An amazing and stunning grayscale graphic novel. The title basically says it all. It's a quick and easy guide to asexuality. It covers many basics, suAn amazing and stunning grayscale graphic novel. The title basically says it all. It's a quick and easy guide to asexuality. It covers many basics, such as growing up asexual, dating while asexual, and common myths about asexuality.
I love the style which the authors used in their teaching. I also love that there was a lot of diversity to include many identities under the ace spectrum.
This was REALLY good and it would have gotten five stars but a lot of what's in the book isn't new to me. For further in depth reading I'd recommend Ace by Angela Chen. It's also on the reading list at the end of this graphic novel....more
This book was entertaining, no doubt about that. The title, 'wahala' is the Yoruba word for trouble, and there was no shortage of trouble for the mainThis book was entertaining, no doubt about that. The title, 'wahala' is the Yoruba word for trouble, and there was no shortage of trouble for the main characters. There was enough messiness, drama, and gbas gbos to go around. Heavy on the mess, heavy on the shock value.
Many things make a book, and that's why even with all the ways this book was entertaining and had me reading the entire thing in basically one sitting, it didn't do it for me.
I enjoyed some of the themes explored in this book, such as colorism and growing up biracial. The main characters are three biracial women with three different backgrounds and childhoods. This book also dives a bit into women's experiences in the workplace. The pressure on women to be married and have a family at a certain age are also explored in various angles through Simi and Ronke.
My favorite characters in this book were Ronke, Didier, and Sofia. Didier def deserves better than Boo lol.
Ronke, Simi, and Boo are supposed to be best friends but honestly I didn't buy into the friendship. They are spiteful and petty, and they keep a lot of secrets from each other. I understand that in the story the author was trying to create, secrets fueled the narrative and kept the plot moving along. However, some of the secrets the women keep from each other just shows that while they might have been friends to some extent, they aren't so close.
What happened to sitting down and talking things through with your best friends? It was too easy for Isobel to worm her way into this friend group and sow seeds of discord.
Another thing that made this book exasperating for me was the ending. The author tried a bit of genre-bending there. The big reveals and the coincidences required too much suspension of disbelief, and I just couldn't deal. I mean I guessed on the reveals early on and I laughed at myself for being so ridiculous but alas. The plot holes were also too much and the math wasn't mathing.
Also Kayode's character. It pained me that his intentions were never really made clear. He was an asshole to Ronke and she deserved better.
Bingeable, entertaining, it also ultimately fell flat. I have also read a lot of reviews for this book and definitely see how it's appreciated in different ways by different readers.
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