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A review by readingmoonlitpages
Love Is a Revolution by Renée Watson
4.0
4.5 stars!
Love is a Revolution is a powerful book about finding yourself in the height of your teenage years. It's about love and family and everything that comes with the pressure of growing up and figuring out who you are.
It's summer and Nala Robertson wants to make sure she makes the most of it before her senior year begins. When Nala reluctantly joins her cousin for her birthday celebration/talent show, she ends up meeting Tye Brown and sparks fly instantly. In order to impress Tye, Nala tells a few lies about certain about herself in hope they will have a lot of stuff in common. Quickly, Nala realises that it is unfeasible to pretend someone she's not and that what she really needs is self love and self confidence. I don't think there are enough words I can out down to describe the incredible journey this book takes you on. It's not about a teenage girl who moulds herself to find love or fit into society, it's about a teenage girl who is trying to find her place in the world and takes action to become the person she wants to be.
Love is a Revolution is an amazing story with well crafted characters and a remarkable growth arc. Nala is written exactly as a real teenager would be. She's not perfect, she's only human, and she makes mistakes as such. Plus all the other characters in this are very self aware and working towards a better future - not only for them but also for the our planet.
There's so much to be learned from this book and from Nala's growth story. Renee Watson has a remarkable writing style and creates hard hitting, real, raw stories that are also full of happiness and hope.
Nala is a Jamaican-American plus size girl and there's never a point in the book where this becomes the sole plot line, or where this makes her life more difficult in any way. This is an incredible joyous book with great representation and I feel there is definitely a need for more of these.
Overall, an incredibly fast paced story with very important discussions about what it means to love and believe in yourself.
Thank you so much to Bloomsbury for gifting me an arc.
Love is a Revolution is a powerful book about finding yourself in the height of your teenage years. It's about love and family and everything that comes with the pressure of growing up and figuring out who you are.
It's summer and Nala Robertson wants to make sure she makes the most of it before her senior year begins. When Nala reluctantly joins her cousin for her birthday celebration/talent show, she ends up meeting Tye Brown and sparks fly instantly. In order to impress Tye, Nala tells a few lies about certain about herself in hope they will have a lot of stuff in common. Quickly, Nala realises that it is unfeasible to pretend someone she's not and that what she really needs is self love and self confidence. I don't think there are enough words I can out down to describe the incredible journey this book takes you on. It's not about a teenage girl who moulds herself to find love or fit into society, it's about a teenage girl who is trying to find her place in the world and takes action to become the person she wants to be.
Love is a Revolution is an amazing story with well crafted characters and a remarkable growth arc. Nala is written exactly as a real teenager would be. She's not perfect, she's only human, and she makes mistakes as such. Plus all the other characters in this are very self aware and working towards a better future - not only for them but also for the our planet.
There's so much to be learned from this book and from Nala's growth story. Renee Watson has a remarkable writing style and creates hard hitting, real, raw stories that are also full of happiness and hope.
Nala is a Jamaican-American plus size girl and there's never a point in the book where this becomes the sole plot line, or where this makes her life more difficult in any way. This is an incredible joyous book with great representation and I feel there is definitely a need for more of these.
Overall, an incredibly fast paced story with very important discussions about what it means to love and believe in yourself.
Thank you so much to Bloomsbury for gifting me an arc.