Monday, May 20, 2019

Review: Queenie

Queenie Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Loved this novel about a young Jamaican-American woman trying to live her successful life in NYC! Queenie has the degree and a good job, but when her boyfriend decides they need "a break," she doesn't handle it very well. But, like most people, she has baggage, and it all comes to light when she starts making poor choices (mainly about sex, not eating, and relationships). There are some Bridget Jones moments in this novel--you want to reach into the book and psycho-analyze Queenie for her, but, thankfully, she makes the huge decision to be the first in her family to go to therapy and she gets some help. There are some graphic sex scenes (warning for you prudish readers), but I thought it was a great depiction of a 26-year-old woman coming of age.

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