I will admit that Queenie is completely out of my comfort zone. I wasn't sure what I expected when I chose it as my Book of the Month, but I was really excited to find out.
Synopsis(from Goodreads):
Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Americanah in this disarmingly honest, boldly political, and truly inclusive novel that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and found something very different in its place.
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places…including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth.
As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, “What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?”—all of the questions today’s woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her.
With “fresh and honest” (Jojo Moyes) prose, Queenie is a remarkably relatable exploration of what it means to be a modern woman searching for meaning in today’s world.
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places…including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth.
As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, “What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?”—all of the questions today’s woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her.
With “fresh and honest” (Jojo Moyes) prose, Queenie is a remarkably relatable exploration of what it means to be a modern woman searching for meaning in today’s world.
I really enjoyed this book. The story was completely different from the things I normally read. That being said, parts of this story made me super uncomfortable. She starts a hook-up relationship with a guy who is extremely violent sexually and those parts were hard to read. It was interesting to see her family dynamic given that she comes from very strong Jamaican grandparents. I found myself wishing she would reconcile with her mother and rebuild that relationship. I loved seeing how supportive her friends were, especially when she starts fighting with another friend for one really idiotic reason. Overall, Queenie was a great read. I was sucked in and would definitely recommend reading it if you feel like you need a break from the norm.
🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 Stars
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