gabriel of the muddy valley reviewed New people by Danzy Senna
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3 stars
This book was a pretty enjoyable mixture of cringe humor, pure cringe, and sadness. We're drawn into a character that has moments of lucidity but is otherwise completely swept up in a paranoid narrative of the world. The constant references to Jim Jones and Jonestown seem placed in such a way that you subtly draw parallels between the protagonist and Jim Jones. It was an interesting read about a character who's characterization only seems to humanize her to a point where you can see her as something other than an idea personified. It started off very strong and very funny, but lost a lot of its momentum in the final third of the book.