Her British street urchin and African teenager are a little better, but still laid on quite thick. We get heavy handed treatments of a southern belle, a hispanic nun in the US (who is voiced as Catalan rather than South American), middle eastern prisoners, and a Slavic head of state. Her accents are over the top and cartoonish. Unfortunately, Adjoa Andoh's performance detracted from the story rather than elevating it. On top of that, the book is written in such a bland, predictable, unchallenging manner, that I went back to double check I hadn't picked a book from the Young Adult section of these lists. However, I got about 4.5 hours into the book, and it had not yet meaningfully engaged with those ideas. I have to assume that it is due to the timeliness of the concept, and the possible conversations around it. I'm honestly surprised that this book was on the NY Times' and NPR's "Best Books of 2017" lists. Top Book of 2017? I Couldn't Get Halfway Through
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