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jenmangler's review against another edition
5.0
I don't have the words to adequately express how much I loved reading brown girl dreaming. I'm not usually the kind of reader to stop and reread, but I did with this book. There were so many beautifully written sections that I just had to go back and reread it immediately.
Read this. Now.
Read this. Now.
larryanton22's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
lindseymbm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
carlisajc's review against another edition
4.0
JACQUELINE WOODSON AND NON-FICTION REQUIREMENTS.
Brown Girl Dreaming is a free-verse memoir written by Jacqueline Woodson about her life in South Carolina and then Brooklyn as a young, black girl.
This book is beautiful. I've come to realize that I have an affinity for free-verse novels just because of how powerful they can be in such a small amount of words. When you are more limited with your word count, you really have to choose every word carefully. Which word could make the most impact, which word could bring forth right emotion. Everything is considered, and you can see that is Woodson's story.
Memoirs are interesting because it's just a story of certain parts of her life. It's not like a fiction novel where a direct story is told, or a biography where the entire life is laid out. Instead Woodson picks and chooses what she wants her audience to see, thus shaping the experience we have. And it's a great experience. We see how different people have treated her because of her race in many different areas of the country, and even though we might never have experience what she did...we empathize. And that's what makes a great story.
Brown Girl Dreaming is a free-verse memoir written by Jacqueline Woodson about her life in South Carolina and then Brooklyn as a young, black girl.
This book is beautiful. I've come to realize that I have an affinity for free-verse novels just because of how powerful they can be in such a small amount of words. When you are more limited with your word count, you really have to choose every word carefully. Which word could make the most impact, which word could bring forth right emotion. Everything is considered, and you can see that is Woodson's story.
Memoirs are interesting because it's just a story of certain parts of her life. It's not like a fiction novel where a direct story is told, or a biography where the entire life is laid out. Instead Woodson picks and chooses what she wants her audience to see, thus shaping the experience we have. And it's a great experience. We see how different people have treated her because of her race in many different areas of the country, and even though we might never have experience what she did...we empathize. And that's what makes a great story.