We Are Not Like Them
Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
We Are Not Like Them
Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
The heartbreak of the prologue was all too familiar — an unarmed Black teen, shot dead by a White police officer. And that is only the beginning of this emotional literary roller coaster.
While the driving question of the novel is meant to be what will become of their friendship, the story is most affecting when the women are apart.
Coauthors Pride and Piazza explore how the sanctity of childhood friendship can be questioned and corrupted well into adulthood, and how violent racial injustice is ubiquitous in American life. We Are Not Like Them is spellbinding from cover to cover..
We Are Not Like Them is ultimately about the inherently hopeful act of having grace when the people we love make mistakes—even terrible ones. This is an excellent book club selection or a starting point for interracial friend groups or families to talk candidly about race..
This character-driven novel ought to spark much discussion..
On the downside, the setup seems a bit on-the-nose, and as the plot takes on everything from microaggression to profiling to lynching, the effect is sometimes a bit preachy.