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The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

Start date: October 1, 2020

Finish date: October 31, 2020

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Oct 14, 2020 Monique rated it really liked it

Shelves: award-winners, fiction, historical-fiction, pulitzer, 2020

Rating is more of 4.5.
The entire book was heavy reading. You get dejected and heartbroken at every loss, in whatever form, but hope springs eternal, as the cliche goes. Up until that last chapter. Then the Epilogue. Then... that.
Read for yourself.

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Oct 11, 2020 Krizia Anna rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, colson-whitehead

I always have a problem with Pulitzer Prize nominees and winners, they feel snobbish and a bit of a show off but not Colson Whitehead. You know when you are reading Latin American literature and the atmosphere feels humid and hot, same thing with Black literature. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, it actually makes me feel nauseous. With "The Nickel Boys" that atmosphere is still there but double it and I feel that's what makes it work. This was absolutely heartbreaking! I read it for a bo ...more

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Jul 06, 2023 Lynai rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own-a-copy, 2023-books

Masterful storytelling! The Pulitzer is well deserved. But my heart! 😭💔

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Jun 25, 2022 Meg rated it really liked it · review of another edition

It started really strong for me, and then my attention span waned every now and then that I had to exert extra effort to focus. And I am glad I did because it is so worth it. This is my first Colson Whitehead and will definitely read more.

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