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Healing and Resilience

Revisado: 04-11-25

A good story about being low and how family and friends can dust you off so you can save yourself.

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Cool Story, Slow Start

Revisado: 10-08-24

The story feels pretty plain and grim until a third of the way in, and then it's got some suspense that builds until the end. I'm not a huge fan of the power differential between the 2 main characters. It feels way out of proportion.

Also, the recording (for me at least) drops out the first 1 of 2 syllables of every first word after the reader pauses. It's often jarring and grating. It feels like no one bothered to quality check this recording after a first pass at editing or something. Maybe they were trying to cut the time on it? I don't know.

I liked the story and the world built, some of the characters. But there's a lot of questions that don't get answered until late in the game. If you want to know what all the hype is about and save some time, skip the first ~15 chapters.

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Accessible. Endearing. Deep.

Revisado: 02-12-24

Maddie's family is from Ghana, but she grew up in the UK. She deals with family obligations, depression, traditional values, friendships, relationships, racism, and navigates her career as a young professional black woman in British publishing. Her family's culture doesn't set her up for success as a 20-something singleton, and she is her dad's caretaker, so she deals with some heavy responsibilities. She's reserved, serious, creative, caring, innocent, beautiful, and learning to be assertive and take risks without falling in the deep end. I like her. She's 'sensible,' but there's still a tricky tightrope to walk because cultures clash, she's gaslit, and there's so many levels to every conversation and interaction.

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Amazing Becoming-American Story

Revisado: 01-10-24

Ms. Rehman tells the story of her life, and in the process, her story of becoming American, as well as her evolution from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim, as well as a part of the story of the growth of Islam in America.

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A Good Intersectional Primer

Revisado: 03-20-23

This book does great defining environmental, Intersectional, diversity, equity, and inclusion terms and explaining the context in which they are used for environmental justice. The author provides some important statistics that were new to me. She broke down the connections between issues, and how these issues are so intertwined. She showed how there's the potential to solve multiple/multifaceted challenges by solving environmental issues. Awesome. Also, she is a very pleasant reader.

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Just Wonderful

Revisado: 09-03-22

Practical, down-to-earth discussion of community and family, how we form them, support each other, and the obstacles we face. Love it, love it! Sometimes I feel tired and checked out, and that's why I picked this up, and she talks about that, about applying boundaries in community. Ms. Birdsong is a lovely reader too.

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Pivotal

Revisado: 04-26-22

Some life-changing ideas for someone who wants a life that's happier and healthier and more meaningful.

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Good Questions

Revisado: 04-04-22

Lots of really good questions, and working around the pain points that might block a lot of people from pursuing whatever help they need. I enjoyed it, not exactly what I expected, still very helpful!

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A Relaxing Escape

Revisado: 03-28-21

The story and delivery are a nice getaway, to a Jamaican island. Very sensual and relaxing, I recommend of you could use some time away.

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SOOO Good!

Revisado: 02-09-21

Really good, engaging with music, process oriented mystery story, good for adults as well as kids. Highly recommend! Will listen to this again.

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