Overall rating and opinion of "Kalayla" by Jeannie Nicholas
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Re: Overall rating and opinion of "Kalayla" by Jeannie Nicholas
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It's a relief to read this. Amid the vast ocean of glowing reviews and comments of "if not for the errors, it would have been 4/4!", I had imagined that I might be the only one who felt this way.Jbcitygirl wrote: ↑19 Sep 2020, 04:22 Personally I found the book to be a slow burn. Nothing truly kept my attention and the unkind attitude the characters have towards each other left something to be desired.
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Responsibility has a way of making one mature. I also like the development of the characters and their relationship.
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I did have a hard time really getting into the characters, though, because there was no apparent difference in writing from anyone's perspective. I think the author could have really enhanced the book by writing each character's chapters in a way that better reflected their ages and personalities. I thought they all felt the same.
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This is an interesting question, one I hadn't considered while reading it. I think Kalayla's attitude is more representative of having an absent mother, thereby being allowed to run wild and having no consequences or moral/ethical training and consequences. We see as she starts spending time with Lena and Lotta and other adults, her behavior is brought to heel, a little bit at least. That said, I could also see how it could appear that Kalayla has a chip on her shoulder because she is half black and half white. However, I didn't see in the book where that was a prevalent issue she faced outside of her mother's family.MyNameIsBatMan wrote: ↑20 Oct 2020, 22:15 I really liked Kalayla. This book was well written. This book made me think about the racism and its place in our world. I usually don't read books like this. Mostly because, I have my own traumas and it's hard to read anything with domestic abuse. However, I have been meaning to read more about the black experience hoping to better understand how they feel. The one thing that bothered me about this book is Kalayla herself. I know she is supposed to be a bratty child, but I was wondering if this would be thought of as stereo typical? Because, you know, the angry black woman stereotype. I wonder if that is harmful or furthering that stereotype? I know that this stereotype isn't true, there's angry people everywhere, not everyone is an angry person though. What do you guys think?