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“At ten years old he realized that people were born whole, and that the bad things peeled layers from the person you once were, thinning compassion and empathy and the ability to construct a future. At thirteen he knew those layers could sometimes be rebuilt when people loved you. When you loved.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

A bit confused. Is this meant to be an ode to colorism, to whiteness? She’s utterly obsessed with “passing” and light skin. I’m 13% in and she’s still writing monologues about this! 😭

Wow! Just wow! Due juxtaposes pain with beauty. She makes the characters come alive, truly! Loving her down!!

“If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.” 💖🫶🏾

Looooove this so far! Such poignant storytelling. This was so beautifully said, “Mama had kept most of her childhood stories locked in her eyes. Mama’s stories were unsuited for the ears of children—stories of evil without consequence and pain without cease—the unholy things that happen when God blinks. Or maybe sleeps.”

What’s a step above terrible? Whatever it is, this is that. Dare I say it has gotten oddly better? I’m not sold on the writing yet tho

This is a struggle. I want to DNF it sooooo bad 😮‍💨

I’m struggling to get through this one 😭 I want to DNF this so bad!

Meh!

I wanted more for Sugar. She let me down bad 😭