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A review by danne789
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
3.0
I'm honestly not sure how to rate this book. It was definitely well written, and it does a good job illustrating the racial tension and racism of Texas in that time. But there was very little about the North London School Explosion. That event felt like a minor subplot. I was expecting more about that explosion from this book.
The book is very sad for a number of reasons, not just the explosion. There are some very hard parts to read through that deal with sexual assault. I felt bad for almost every character in this book. I also read this on the heels of another book dealing with SA, so maybe if I'd had some space between the two I'd have had a different view of it.
The book is told from different characters points of view, and some pages have only a paragraph. So it was a quick read, but despite being a well written, quick read, it was hard to get through.
The book is very sad for a number of reasons, not just the explosion. There are some very hard parts to read through that deal with sexual assault. I felt bad for almost every character in this book. I also read this on the heels of another book dealing with SA, so maybe if I'd had some space between the two I'd have had a different view of it.
The book is told from different characters points of view, and some pages have only a paragraph. So it was a quick read, but despite being a well written, quick read, it was hard to get through.