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grav_ityThis is my first of Colbert's books, though I definitely have a copy of her debut, Pointe, around here somewhere...
ANYWAY, so Little and Lion is the story of...well, tbh, kind of everything. Little, the MC, is a black girl whose mum remarried a Jewish guy with a son (Lion), and they converted. Lion has mental health problems, so they send Little to a boarding school where, amongst other things, she falls in love with her roommate (she's bi). The story starts as Little comes home for the summer, and tries to fit back into her old life, deciding where she's going to go when it's time for school again.
It was sooooo good. Little and Lion are excellent siblings, their relationship is super-nuanced and complex, but at the heart of it, they really do love each other, and I really liked that. Also, the parent-kid relationships are all amazing. Little has a large group of friends, which is also fun to read. There was some excellent intersectionality here (mental health, religion, race, blended families, etc), and Colbert nails every part of it.
All told, an excellent book.
ANYWAY, so Little and Lion is the story of...well, tbh, kind of everything. Little, the MC, is a black girl whose mum remarried a Jewish guy with a son (Lion), and they converted. Lion has mental health problems, so they send Little to a boarding school where, amongst other things, she falls in love with her roommate (she's bi). The story starts as Little comes home for the summer, and tries to fit back into her old life, deciding where she's going to go when it's time for school again.
It was sooooo good. Little and Lion are excellent siblings, their relationship is super-nuanced and complex, but at the heart of it, they really do love each other, and I really liked that. Also, the parent-kid relationships are all amazing. Little has a large group of friends, which is also fun to read. There was some excellent intersectionality here (mental health, religion, race, blended families, etc), and Colbert nails every part of it.
All told, an excellent book.
