I received this book from a friend. Although I have enjoyed reading some of Picoult’s previous novels, I was a little skeptical about this one at first. I really wasn’t sure about how a white woman was going to write about anti-black racism in the US without it veering into cultural appropriation or other cringy territory.

The book itself is well written but is emotionally a tough read. I loved how the author was able to use the tropes (white supremicist and model minority) to make the point that racism isn’t a dichotomy but a spectrum.

I read this right after reading White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo and it was definitely an interesting combination that helped me to think about the topic in a fictional (but realistic) context.

I’ll take this book to our meet up at the Millennium Library Park to see if anyone there wants to take it on some new adventures.

I picked this up from Matty at our meet-up, despite the same feelings of skepticism. White woman of privilege writing about Black experience. Hmm. So like Matty I began Googling for the reaction of the Black writing community. Roxanne Gay wasn't too too harsh with her for trying, so I'll see how it goes. Mind you I am the target audience. Thanks Matty.

I read this immediately after scoring it from Matty. At the time I thought it an excellent story and very timely (although the ending was a bit much). I wanted to do a good review but got bogged down just thinking about it. Then and perhaps more so today. Racism and white supremacy have, I think, always been with us but never so obvious and blatant as today. This saddens me and I doubt there are simple solutions. That aside, i do recommend this book. It will demand your attention and make you think.

To the finder of this book:
I hope you enjoy your new read.

Welcome, also, to the wonderful and wacky world of BookCrossing! Here you'll find a unique and worldwide community of book lovers sharing their books. This book is now yours! Read it, enjoy it. Keep it or pass it on to someone you know, donate it to any Little Free Library or even release it into the wild. It is all up to you.

If you make a journal entry (you can do it anonymously or as a BookCrossing member) all previous readers of this book will be notified by e-mail and can follow this book on its travels. BookCrossing is free to join, completely confidential (you are known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your email address) and it's a whole lot of fun!