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it’s so very fun to read a book that is set in a place you know :)

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

January 4, 2023 by wicherwill 1 Comment

CW: racism, police violence, minor character death (not by cop) Oddly enough, this book kept bringing to mind the movie “500 Days of Summer,” not that I’ve seen it more than the once when it first came out. Something about two people dancing around one another and getting in their own ways? Even though, to be clear, the message of the film is clearly that Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character brings his misery upon himself since he asks what Summer wants and then gets sad when she […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Caleb Azumah Nelson

wicherwill's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Caleb Azumah Nelson ·
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