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Finding Me (2009)

by Darnella Ford(Favorite Author)

3.25 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0758216769 (ISBN13: 9780758216762)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Dafina

review 1: A lot of people had a problem with the end of this book, but I think that it really showed the effects of losing love. Blaze never felt as if she was loved by her parents so when her twin was hurt and her mom turned away from her she put those feeling on to Felicity. As she grew and was exposed to different things she became confused about what love was. So she grabbed what she new and didn't let go until forced to. I think that's why at the end she stop looking at the physical and focused on the actual genuine love she had at home.
review 2: Strike #1 - This book is about an African American girl, her family, her struggles, her African American girlfriends. Who is depicted on the cover? A Caucasian girl in a white dress and flipflops. Strike #2 - the first... more half of the book was really great, and I LOVED hearing from the pre-teen Blaze. The end of the book was pretty terrible though - depressing and saturated with overstated grief.Strike #3 - MANY of the main characters of the African American persuasian were considered beautiful mainly because of their light cocoa-colored skin and green or blue eyes. Really??? It's not bad enough that a white girl is on the cover, but the black people in the novel are best looking when clearly of mixed racial descent?Strike #4 - Nate was completely unbelievable as a male character in his mid-twenties. Strike #5 - the scene in the restroom at the end of the novel made me want to puke. REALLY?!?! REAllY, that's all you can say after destroying someone's life? Messed. Up.So, the racial stuff is heavyhanded (including all those mentioned above as well as the fact that the black family goes to work for and live in the maids' quarters of the rich white man's house), the relationship in the end was pathetic, but the growing up part (the first half of the book) is great!I liked the descriptions of what it feels like to figure out that you're a lesbian. I liked that Blaze was comfortable with that, even in spite of her family's lack of acceptance. Felicity's inability to accept herself was sad but likely true to some extent for many lesbians. Shreveport's response to their discovery was WAY exaggerated!! I can't imagine that happening anywhere but the smallest towns in the South these days. The distancing of identical twins felt hollow and unreal to me....Overall a surprising book from beginning to end...from the cover to the last page. Not at all what I expected, but an enjoyable beach read, despite it's many flaws. less

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