Nightcrawling
Ratings36
Average rating4.1
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Ratings36
Average rating4.1
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 - THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEETHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER_______________'Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore' THE TIMES'A soul-searching portrait of survival and hope' OPRAH WINFREY_______________We'll laugh because we can, until the sun disintegrates and nighttime threatens to set us free just to capture us again, back into the things we can't escape.Kiara does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a halfway house, she fends for herself - and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother disappears for days at a time. But as the pressures of rent to pay and mouths to feed increase, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising._______________'UNFORGETTABLE' GUARDIAN'A MAGNIFICENT DEBUT' RUTH OZEKI, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022_______________READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF NIGHTCRAWLING'Nightcrawling is a lyrical masterpiece' *****'This book ripped my heart out' *****'Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked' *****'This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay with you forever' ***** 'It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted' *****'This is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five' *****'Completely gripping . . . This is going to be a huge bestseller' *****
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Oh, what to even say about this book!
An incredible book that was so beautifully written! It was so sad, heartbreaking and just really, really gut wrenching!
As I read about poor Kiara and Trevor and their struggles just to make ends meet, my heart broke for them again and again.
It made me so sad/angry/frustrated that the people who were supposed to protect them took advantage of them!
On a slightly positive note, I loved the relationship between Kiara and Trevor.
Thank you to PH for sharing this excellent book with us. If not for you I don't think I would have even read it. Thank you also to author Leila for sharing this book with us!
I cannot recommend this book highly enough!
“Mama used to tell me that blood is everything, but I think we're all out here unlearning that sentiment, scraping our knees and asking strangers to patch us back up.”
Every sentence reads as it's part of a poem - where words pierce you and stay with you for longer than air stays in your lungs. This is a beautiful story, and I say beautiful with caution and more in regards to how much feelings it can produce.
heartbreaking and depressing.
rant incoming:
I grew up dirt poor and being poor as a child is basically being an adult stuck in a kid body. From birth-18 years old, we shouldn't have had to worry if we would be evicted, had power shut off, wondering when we would eat next but we went to bed and school with thoughts clouding our heads of how and when we could make rent.
Poor children don't get childhoods!
The world works hard to keep poor people under their shoes. The rich don't get taxed but a person who works overtime to not even be able to afford rent gets hounded and fined for being late paying a bill.
I will forever hate this world until the rich realise they are rich because of us. I will hate this world until children don't have to sell their bodies to be able to eat and survive while celebrities hoard wealth.
