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A review by coffeeandink
Symptomatic by Danzy Senna
4.0
Nameless mixed-race narrator is befriended by and then stalked by another mixed-race woman who sees this as an essential kinship.
"She opened the door, but paused, and turned to smile at me through a web of rain. 'You know, you're never really alone. Not really.'
"I looked down and kicked the pavement. I hadn't known I was that obvious."
New York as winter incarnate; a place of exile. Undercover sister. Race as obsession and trap. Racial identity placed at the center of noir thriller conventions. Class issues.
"She opened the door, but paused, and turned to smile at me through a web of rain. 'You know, you're never really alone. Not really.'
"I looked down and kicked the pavement. I hadn't known I was that obvious."
New York as winter incarnate; a place of exile. Undercover sister. Race as obsession and trap. Racial identity placed at the center of noir thriller conventions. Class issues.