Wing Jones – Katherine Webber
Read Jan 19 - Library
Wing is a unique character in YA
fiction. I haven’t read/seen many mixed race main characters and those that
exist are usually white and ‘other’. Not Wing, she has a grandmother from China
and another from Ghana, both of whom live with her, her mother and her sports
star brother, Marcus.
Life is mostly fine until Marcus gets
into an accident that leaves him in a coma and then Wing is left questioning
her entire life and sense of self. The book covered a lot of aspects well,
Wing’s growth, the family dynamics, the impact of poor finances and racism.
However the romance was predictable and the writing style lacking overall, possibly due to the fact that it was a white woman writing about race - something she won't have personally experienced.
3/5 stars
Stef Out x
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