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I chose this books because I'd heard great things but didn't know what it was about. I'm halfway through and stunned. I read a lot of novels by writers of color that deal with race and otherness, and the way this one deals with blackness in the US is so nuanced, layered and revealing I can't put the book down. I could not be privy to this perspective without this novel. That's the power of reading.

This book drew me into an experience I know very little about and invited me to imagine how it might be. Smart. Surprising. Compelling. Relevant. Read it.