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Is it clean I mean as a 13 years old should I read it

When i finished this book i just stared at the ceiling for what felt like hours.

Thank you for such a great book review. You did an amazing job. I would love to do a book read and discussion with you. I will purchase both books today. Thanks ❤.

Black people were not literally 3/5 of a human how can u literally be 3/5 human by definition? Black people were legally counted ad 3 people for every 5 slaves. Listen to your self.

My favourite book in this moment ❤

Great review with context and details! :)

I absolutely love this book, I listened to it on my morning walks. I found myself rewinding parts over and over. I would pause on parts and journal about my feelings. Just WOW!! I’ve read books from Octavia Butler before (Wild Seed) and I love her works even more. Thank you for this video! I loved hearing your take on the book ❤RIP Octavia E. Butler 🕊️

It's not just race it's caste it's black Americans who descend from U.S. slavery. They tell every immigrant white or black to stay way from black Americans. It's not black people in America as a whole it's a distinct group of black people.

I didn't like how Queenie was portrayed as so naive and ignorant. I also felt like most themes were hanging, it's like the author wanted to fix a lot of themes in the book without proper story line.

I agree with what you had said of her sharing her personal life. That is freaking private, I was in disbelief to believe that this could happen to successful people.😢 Even though she is like another person living life, i could never a day in my life hear of a struggle like that for her. Being raped and almost left for dead, 😮 dropped my mouth. That concluded the entire story right there to still go on and live life through your animal and trusts in marriage. Just wow, brave woman. At first I did not like her acting skills but once I read her auto biography it's not about liking an actress it's all about she open to us her life story that others could not even do. Wow, Gabrielle Union been through a hell storm.

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Late to the party in most senses, but thanks for your review. I just finished Caste. I read The 1619 Project a couple times. Malcom X, and I'm also currently reading It's not a Crime to be Poor. All of these since 2020. I'm from small town north central Indiana, and I can confirm, as a 44 year old male, there is a lot I just didn't know. In my area we have a tendency (as a "liberal") to think we're ok, it's the South we need to worry about, but Caste took me to a different level of understanding after reading the previous books. There is A LOT people like me in the midwest DO NOT know about. And I'm pretty sure a lot of us a truly uncomfortable learning about because "we didn't do it" and a whole heaping ton of cognitive dissonance. We've truly been brainwashed into thinking the US has done nothing wrong and now I am trying to figure out how to change minds without using the "racism" word because people just shut down. I would shut down when being accused. I think Caste is going to help me.

I just finished this book today and greatly appreciate it❤

I LOVED this book too. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I agree that there is so much to talk about with this book. Solomon Rivers wrote the characters as 3 dimensional characters who feel really real and a fabulous world building. Truly defined persons exploring so many facets of humanity i.e. hope, family, friends etc, and also what humans have created i.e. gender norms, racism, classism etc. All written with a lack of exposition.

I have this, just starting to get into, thanks for your review!

Early & Desiree touched my heart. I wish the book gave them more spotlight. The love between those two was everything.

i loved this book! the ending threw me off though. she was talking about her mother struggling for a while and she didnt tell us when she died like it was just a statement after it happened. she lost the only family she had left and she didnt go into depth with that? crazy. i really like that she still went to church just to honor her mother's belief.

This was a five-star read for me!

Why would anyone want a kid to read this? Underaged girls being viewed in a sexualized manner by adults is CREEPY Af! Doubt religion and push pedophilia.... Trying to be trendy leads to a bunch of stupid people with no common sense. Claiming you want kids to read this means you want to interfere with their relationship with their parents... and you want them to be hyper sexualized. Kids don't need to read books about being sexy... they should be focused on trying to become smarter in school... not a teen mom.

Reading this now. Wish I knew the story of how/why my family came from GA & NC to NY & NJ. I’ll never know. They’re all gone now 😢

Reading this book can be like an audition to the trauma Olympics. If you’re reading it as a person of colour you’re thinking ‘wait I don’t feel that way.’ Completely forgetting/downplaying the mass murder/suicide of family members. That is a lot 2 process/forget, she’s has been subjected 2 a lot of trauma. She’s not an angst about being black. She’s in angst about how everybody else is processing her existence. Rachael is told to forget about her mother, not at funeral, because of coma. She rarely talks about her brothers. There is no acknowledgement her pain.

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I looked up a Belles review and AH you put it so perfectly!!! I’m entranced in this book, though I wasn’t a fan of the second book. Looking forward to discovering more reviews on your page!

Thank you 🙏🏽

Brilliant book

Thank you for the great review! I just discovered your channel and am watching your videos one after the other. I come from Germany and since there are almost no science fiction authors here (science fiction is unfortunately often considered trash in Germany) I mostly read American and British authors. I recently read Parable of the Sower and loved it. Somehow the book reminded me of the equally great "Sheep Look Up" by John Brunner, although both books are very different from each other. Both books are about an ecological catastrophe and the consequences for society. Racism and inequality also play a role in both books. Butler and Brunner both use indirect exposition, through which you learn a lot about the world without having it explained too directly. However, while Butler looks more at the micro level and the personal drama, focuses on the individual consequences of the catastrophe and also leaves room for hope, Brunner moves more on the macro level. To do this, he uses a collage style that repeatedly shows news snippets, interviews or other media. This gives you a good overview of the world and better grasps political events. Incidentally, in both books there is an incompetent, right-wing radical president who is a "symbol of the past," as Butler calls it. In my head, both books take place in the same universe. I will definitely read more by Butler in the future and am glad to have discovered this author.

Was quite confused which novel to do my research especially after reading the negative reviews about this novel. Glad You made such a beneficial review. Now i know how to defend my stance. 🌹

Thank you so much for your review. I'm so sorry for your experience at that church. I'm sure that was hurtful.

This book is so very special to me, I am so grateful to have read it!

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The USA does not represent the world. If you think USA is bad, wait until you visit Africa.

I really love your style, your hair is beautiful and this review really helped me alot .,, thanks 😊

Not a fan of your earrings. What is your message???

You are so sweet ♥ I will probably buy that book, thanks for the nice review. Hugs from Spain (europe lol)

I just order this book I can’t wait to read it 🤓📚

I just read this last month and I LOVED it! This epic saga is a must read - all 800+ pages!

read the book and stopped after about 1 hour, the characters are bland and the writing is subpar. the setting while interesting is execution is rather meh

Thank you for the video you don’t know how you save me for my final

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I am overjoyed that I found your Channel and now I have an endless supply of POC Authors to support. Yay!!.

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Which story were your favorites

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. If there is one word I could use to describe the book it would be CHOICES. Choices made for self preservation, colorism, protection, advancement, love and fear. I listened to it on Audible and finished it in 4 days while working

Great job.

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You on my mind I pray y’all are doing well !!! Was reading octavia and they made me think of you n the fam. Ok that’s all have a great day

This book had me in tears more than once 🥺

TY I NEEDED THIS I READ IT AND STILL DIDNT GET IT!<3

Ty, I added this to my want to read list