Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell

Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

Bebe Moore Campbell

448 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Now, in her first novel, repercussions are felt for decades in a dozen lives after a racist beating turns to cold-blooded murder in a small 1950s Mississippi town.Chicago-born Amrstrong Tood is fifteen, black, and unused to the ways of the segrega...

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Community Reviews

4.13
based on 410 reviews

Moods

challenging: 100%

emotional: 100%

dark: 42%

sad: 42%

reflective: 28%

tense: 28%

adventurous: 14%

hopeful: 14%

informative: 14%

inspiring: 14%

Pace

37% of readers chose fast
37% of readers chose medium
25% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

33% of readers chose Plot
50% of readers chose A mix
16% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

20% of readers chose Yes
60% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

20% of readers chose Yes
80% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Diverse cast of characters?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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