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— for themselves and having a black character explain to themselves they are scared to do this or do that because they are black constantly feels less like you are writing from the perspective of a black person and more like you are writing a black character and explaining their experiences for your white audience. Also I don’t feel like the mystery is very strong at least at this point in the story —

I feel like this book reads like a Sunday special about racism in the police force and a lot of the characters feel like cardboard stock characters and I don’t really feel connected to the story or the main character. Also I feel like you can tell that this story is written by a white woman, the constant this is happening because i’m black is not relatable to me? or am i crazy I feel like some scenes can speak -