I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
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An NAACP Image Award Nominee, I’m Not Dying with You Tonight follows two teen girls—one black, one white—who have to confront their own assumptions about racial inequality as they rely on each other to get through the violent race riot that has set their city on fire with civil unrest.
Lena has her killer style, her awesome boyfriend, and a plan. She knows she’s going to make it big. Campbell, on the other hand, is just trying to keep her head down and get through the year at her new school.
When both girls attend the Friday-night football game, what neither expects is for everything to descend into sudden mass chaos. Chaos born from violence and hate. Chaos that unexpectedly throws them together.
They aren’t friends. They hardly understand the other’s point of view. But none of that matters when the city is up in flames, and they only have each other to rely on if they’re going to survive the night.
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The audio was ok, though both narrators very much sounded like adults and were not believable as teens. There's some really good concepts in here for a book taking place on one night and taking on a riot and racial justice themes. The action moves quickly, but the characters and the resolution still feel underbaked.
A bit thin, both story-wise and characters, this book feels like it just scratches the surface. Being the first published book for both authors, I feel like neither has reached thier potential here (also co-writing is harder than you think its going to be).
