The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris 4* The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells 4* Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah 3* The Last Thing He Said to Me by Laura Dave 3.5* The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus 2* My ratings for books I’ve read during 2021 are listed immediately below, with the full review of each following thereafter. Typically I rate books higher if they have something to say about society at large, rather than only about individual characters’ lives. Five stars will go to a work that is exceptional in all those areas. To get four stars, a book has to be outstanding in terms of its characters, story, style or voice. Suffice it to say that I give a book I enjoyed three stars and one that I found wanting gets two stars. I’ve mentioned my approach to book reviews at the outset of my 2019 reviews, and so I won’t repeat it here.
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