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The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert
emotional
medium-paced
3.25
A coming-of-age YA novel about a girl finding her voice and her wings to fly.
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Meet Dove āBirdieā Randolph. Sheās always been the good girl her parents want her to be: dating the boy they approved of, quitting soccer to focus on academic and taking tutoring courses in the summer to graduate at the top of her class. When Birdie starts dating someone new, Booker, a sweet boy with a troubled past, she starts to push the boundaries of what her parents will allow. At the same time her aunt who she hasnāt ever really spent time with is now living with them, trying to stay clean from her alcohol addiction. Through talks with her cool aunt, Birdie starts to challenge what sheās always known and fights for more.
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Normally I love Brandy Colbertās books but this one was a bit underwhelming. I still believe it to be such an important novel with themes of family, sex positivity, asexual and queer representation. However even with the twist at the end, I still never fully connected with Birdie or her story. I wasnāt a fan of her mom and how strict she was with Birdie, who was pretty perfect. 3.25āļø
CW: child abandonment, alcoholism, alcohol, drug use, racism, racial profiling, family estrangement, bullying, death of a parent (cancer), physical assault (recounted)
šŖ½
Meet Dove āBirdieā Randolph. Sheās always been the good girl her parents want her to be: dating the boy they approved of, quitting soccer to focus on academic and taking tutoring courses in the summer to graduate at the top of her class. When Birdie starts dating someone new, Booker, a sweet boy with a troubled past, she starts to push the boundaries of what her parents will allow. At the same time her aunt who she hasnāt ever really spent time with is now living with them, trying to stay clean from her alcohol addiction. Through talks with her cool aunt, Birdie starts to challenge what sheās always known and fights for more.
šŖ½
Normally I love Brandy Colbertās books but this one was a bit underwhelming. I still believe it to be such an important novel with themes of family, sex positivity, asexual and queer representation. However even with the twist at the end, I still never fully connected with Birdie or her story. I wasnāt a fan of her mom and how strict she was with Birdie, who was pretty perfect. 3.25āļø
CW: child abandonment, alcoholism, alcohol, drug use, racism, racial profiling, family estrangement, bullying, death of a parent (cancer), physical assault (recounted)