Waaaaay too political and very divisive no resolution

I was looking forward to this because I really like this Author’s writing & the fact that it’s usually pretty clean. But as the plot unraveled and I kept waiting for it to resolve and get better, it doesn’t. The best friend ditched her when she needed a friend. All because she’s white, rich & “privileged”. And every person of color in the book is automatically a victim. This book feeds racist ideologies by not allowing either person to practice empathy for the other, they part ways because being white and rich is unforgivable. It doesn’t matter that she learned what she can do to be more aware. The friendship never heals. And the best friend of color stays angry, bitter, & unforgiving for something that the protagonist had no control over. How is this helpful?! It perpetuates the idea that we can’t have common ground and find commonalities for building relationships all because of our socio-economic and/or racial status. And therefore, we must be “separate, but equal.” This ideology sets us back like 100 years. I kept listening hoping for a resolution (because why else do we listen to fiction?!) but, nope. The only character who gets a happy resolution is the older brother who gets his 1 year sobriety chip at the end. Super disappointed. Will be asking for a refund.

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Loved it!

This story was fantastic! Very interesting and it wasn’t fairytale-like at all. It seemed to play very well into social norms and privilege.