York Notes for GCSE offer an approach to English Literature that aims to help readers achieve a better grade. This series has been completely updated to reflect the needs of today's students. The new editions are filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much more.
2.5 stars Unfortunately these notes are obviously written by a white author, othering black perspective even more insidiously than the novel it seeks to analyse. However, it was originally written in 1997, so it gets some stars as acknowledgement of the 'times in which it was written'.
Read for school and did not enjoy it for that reason alone. Otherwise, grat book with a good message and, just, over all, well written/executed novel. But being forced to over analyze it kind of ruined its magic...