A review by shellysbookcorner
One Of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon

Did not finish book.

I was so excited to read this book because I love Yoon’s young adult novels, but this story was a mess. The anti blackness was running wild and rampant in the story. The main character Jasmyn was so judgmental over the other Black women who wore their hair a certain way. Then she got upset when one of the characters didn’t want to watch a video of a Black man getting killed by a police officer. As a Black woman I can no longer watch those videos either. After watching Eric Garner being killed here on Staten Island where I live that was final straw for me. Surprise, surprise the cop was found not guilty. 🙃

Spoiler Alert:
Since the anti blackness in this book was upsetting me I skipped to the end and I was not a fan of this ending at all! The Black people in the book got tired of all the struggles that come with being Black so they started doing experiments to make themselves white……they also erased their prior experiences of being Black as well. Ain’t no way. Nope. I wouldn’t change being Black for anything and this book is such a slap in the face to Black people. I will not recommend this book to anyone. Period.