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These stories are so viscerally discomforting and so so so well written. I loved the magical realism and horror elements here, and the wonderful commentary on the experience of being Black. This was an utterly fantastic book.

I usually hate books about being a mother, but this was HILARIOUS and way too relatable. As someone who has also suffered from severe anxiety since I was a young child and into my adult life, I thought Pritchett did a fantastic job at putting into words so much of how anxiety feels. I loved everything about this.

I loved the dual storylines of this book, and thought the way they built to a mutual conclusion was beautiful. The back and forth was a little confusing at first but once I settled into it, it felt really natural and was a great way to tell Michael's story. I loved him as a character and thought the plot was beautiful. As far as a book about wanting to die goes, this is everything “The Midnight Library” wanted to be but wasn't able to.

Such a beautiful conclusion to the Binti trilogy - I loved the way this book really drew everything together and focused on the relationships that Binti builds throughout the trilogy. The characters, world, and lore are all so vibrant.

I really really liked this one. The wit and tone and the structure really worked for me.

This book was so disturbing and twisted and I loved that part of it. I felt like the rhymes and book scrap inserts too away from the overall story, but without those this was a super creepy story from start to finish, and it just kept getting darker and darker. Not sure if this is really appropriate to be teen fiction, but as a horror novel it's pretty fantastic.