Review of Kalayla
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Review of Kalayla
[Following is a volunteer review of "Kalayla" by Jeannie Nicholas.]
Kalayla by Jeannie Nicholas is a book that tells the story and experiences of three generations of women. The first one, whom the book is named after, is a little girl with a will of steel and the attitude to match it. She struggles with the reality that her mother lied to her and that her maternal grandparents want nothing to do with her because of the colour of her dad's skin. Her mum must learn how to handle her daughter and make their relationship work. Maureen, a widow who happens to be their landlady, sees the women both as a second chance at parenting, and she wishes to do right by both women. How exactly will this drama play out?
I honestly wish that this book was the first in a sequel. It ended on an interesting note, but I couldn't help but wonder what would become of Kalayla, the girl on whom the story is centered, in the future. Be that as it may, I enjoyed reading this excellently written book. I enjoyed the different lessons that this book taught. I liked that it mirrored our society and showed us some of the ills that we face day in and day out. One such example is the problem of racism. It shows exactly how damaging such close-mindedness can be and how that can destroy families. Although I am not happy that that was Kalayla's family's experience, I am glad that readers got to see how ridiculous actions like that of her maternal grandparents can hurt people (even themselves). This lesson was what I liked most about Kalayla.
I cannot, in all sincerity, fault this book in any way. Jeannie Nicholas outdid herself in this book. I say this because the book was so interesting that I couldn't stop reading it once I picked it up. Secondly, it was excellent, even in the editing. No errors showed their ugly faces and no grammatical mistakes were made. It was excellently edited.
I would like to rate Kalayla 4 out of 4 stars because of how educative I found it. Likes said, I could not fault this in any way, hence the rating above. As I said, I would be over the moon with joy if the author published a sequel.
Lastly, I recommend Kalayla to readers over the age of 14 who are interested in books that mirror our society as we know it. I put an age limit here because of the profanities that are in this book. These profanities range from the f-word to words that certain members of our society would find highly offensive. I am not saying that the author did wrong in putting these in the book, as she just wrote how the speakers might have spoken in the real world (seeing as profanities are generously used in our world today).
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Kalayla by Jeannie Nicholas is a book that tells the story and experiences of three generations of women. The first one, whom the book is named after, is a little girl with a will of steel and the attitude to match it. She struggles with the reality that her mother lied to her and that her maternal grandparents want nothing to do with her because of the colour of her dad's skin. Her mum must learn how to handle her daughter and make their relationship work. Maureen, a widow who happens to be their landlady, sees the women both as a second chance at parenting, and she wishes to do right by both women. How exactly will this drama play out?
I honestly wish that this book was the first in a sequel. It ended on an interesting note, but I couldn't help but wonder what would become of Kalayla, the girl on whom the story is centered, in the future. Be that as it may, I enjoyed reading this excellently written book. I enjoyed the different lessons that this book taught. I liked that it mirrored our society and showed us some of the ills that we face day in and day out. One such example is the problem of racism. It shows exactly how damaging such close-mindedness can be and how that can destroy families. Although I am not happy that that was Kalayla's family's experience, I am glad that readers got to see how ridiculous actions like that of her maternal grandparents can hurt people (even themselves). This lesson was what I liked most about Kalayla.
I cannot, in all sincerity, fault this book in any way. Jeannie Nicholas outdid herself in this book. I say this because the book was so interesting that I couldn't stop reading it once I picked it up. Secondly, it was excellent, even in the editing. No errors showed their ugly faces and no grammatical mistakes were made. It was excellently edited.
I would like to rate Kalayla 4 out of 4 stars because of how educative I found it. Likes said, I could not fault this in any way, hence the rating above. As I said, I would be over the moon with joy if the author published a sequel.
Lastly, I recommend Kalayla to readers over the age of 14 who are interested in books that mirror our society as we know it. I put an age limit here because of the profanities that are in this book. These profanities range from the f-word to words that certain members of our society would find highly offensive. I am not saying that the author did wrong in putting these in the book, as she just wrote how the speakers might have spoken in the real world (seeing as profanities are generously used in our world today).
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