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Natalia A. Here's my personal interpretation: Robbie and Kelly were wrong for going over to Alix's house, but it's an extremely privileged position to be able to…moreHere's my personal interpretation: Robbie and Kelly were wrong for going over to Alix's house, but it's an extremely privileged position to be able to call the cops without a second thought to the consequences of what might happen. In reality, Alix should've known that Robbie would get a worse treatment from the cops for being black, but a lot of white people go literally their entire lives without thinking about it. I'm not excusing Robbie - what he did was wrong - but calling the cops on a black teenager is extremely dangerous and can have huge consequences.
Kelly was wrong for putting everyone in that position to begin with. And even when Alix found out that Robbie had never received her letter, she never admitted guilt for doing anything wrong.
So everyone sucks in this situation, but the people who suffered 0 consequences were the white ones - Alix and Kelly. Robbie lost his future. (less)

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I don't understand why Alix thinks that Kelley has a "fetish" about Black women. Can't he just have a type - a type of woman that he is attracted to? Just as some one is attracted to brunettes or redheads, or attracted to tall women or women who are like scotch or women who golf doesn't make it a fetish.

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ashwini I think Emira was just kind of done with all of the white people in her life who seemed to be trying to use her for their own purposes, or projecting …moreI think Emira was just kind of done with all of the white people in her life who seemed to be trying to use her for their own purposes, or projecting what they thought she should do. She was characterized as someone who mostly withdrew rather than asserted.(less)

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Did I miss something about the note? [spoilers removed]

April McDowell

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How are so many people reviewing this book when it hasn't been published yet?! Is there some sort of secret place to get it beforehand??! I don't understand!

MollyK I won an advanced reading copy right here on Goodreads. I find it easier to go through the website rather than the app. So go on the site click on the…moreI won an advanced reading copy right here on Goodreads. I find it easier to go through the website rather than the app. So go on the site click on the browse tab, go down to giveaways and just enter to win. Good luck!(less)

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