⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⛈Piecing Me Together // Review⛈⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Micro-aggressions are put under the microscope.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ “Listening to these mentors, I feel like I can prove the negative stereotypes about girls like me wrong. That I can and will do more, be more.⠀ But when I leave? It happened again. The Shattering.⠀ And this makes me wonder if a black girl's life is only about being stitched together and coming undone, being stitched together and coming undone.⠀ I wonder if there's ever a way for a girl like me to feel whole.⠀ Wonder if any of these women can answer that.”⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Jade wants to speak up, but she always seems to struggle to find her voice when the situation calls for it. Now it's time for Jade to speak.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ This book, more than anything, I think, is about how the lack of privileges can affect people. Jade isn't just black, facing daily micro-aggressions because of her race. She's also fat and poor.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Piecing Me Together does a great job of showing how all of these things, that can be a barrier for people separately, can intersect and affect each other, making the wall between yourself and the life you want feel impossibly tall.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ It shows how hard it can be to speak up even when you know you need to the most.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ It shares the importance for people of privilege to not only help those who aren't, but to also work towards understanding what it's like to be without such privileges and to listen.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ❔: What #ownvoice POC YA book is your favourite?⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ❕ : Mine right now is Piecing Me Together⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💻If you want to check out more of my reviews, I post full reviews on my blog. Link Tree in bio💻⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ —⠀ #Piecingmetogether #reneewatson #bookreview https://www.instagram.com/p/BqeCVTZHJBQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pv6ublvhnnbh
