American Street

— I wanted to like this but I just couldn't. I think the book was trying to do too much (dealing with immigration, drug trafficking, violence) and ended up with an undeveloped mishmash. I also didn't like how it normalized abuse. Just no.

Well done but even more tragic than I was expecting. Would like to know more about Ibi Zoboi's reason for writing this and her own story.

Haiti; Coming to America; Voodoo; Drugs; Violence; Black Lives Matter; Family; and Love


This novel. Wow. So many textures and sounds. That is what comes to mind.
A young girl from Haiti comes to America, specifically Detroit, and she must fight to survive and save the people she loves. Picking up this novel, I never fathom it would go in the direction that it went. American Street starts with tragedy and ends with tragedy, but there is so much in between. I definitely recommend.