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Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Through flashbacks, we soon learn that their relationship was pretty messed up from the start, with Tom refusing to defend her against his family's casual racism. Queenie has just broken up with her long-term boyfriend Tom, who is white. I think it's a good example of some very serious issues being wrapped up in a book that is full of humour to balance out the sadness. I know some readers will feel frustrated with her behaviour at times, but I also think the author never portrays it as a good thing, and instead honestly portrays a young woman dealing with severe anxiety in the only way she feels she can. The decisions she makes - like having unprotected sex with lots of different men - are clearly not healthy. She is dealing with mental health issues and a post-relationship breakdown. ![]() Bridget Jones is klutzy and embarrassing Queenie is a far more complex and real character. Which is why I feel like I need to issue a warning: this book goes to some really dark places. This is everything I would have expected from a book being compared to Bridget Jones's Diary. The book opens with multiple scenes that made me laugh and the author quickly builds up a warm and hilarious dynamic between Queenie and her girlfriends ("the Corgis"), and between Queenie and her Jamaican grandparents. ![]() Queenie is such a funny and lovable character, with what I think of as a very British sense of humour. ![]() He put a hand on my thigh and moved it higher, digging his nails into my skin. ![]()
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