Ammonite, by Nicola Griffith

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Comments

[shel99]

Yup, yup, and yup. I loved this.

[phoenixreads]

Are you going to have time to write a review? Or are you just planning on taking part in the discussion over at Calico Reaction?

[calico_reaction]

It's late and I may not be thinking clearly, but I thought some of the women were of color in this book?

[phoenixreads]

Yes. . . but none of them spoke to each other about something other than a white character. (Actually I don't think any of them spoke to each other. . . there were only a couple, and I don't think they interacted at all.)

[calico_reaction]

Was it the couple where one of them was a medic and the other a comms-officer? Clearly, I fail at paying attention to race. :)

[phoenixreads]

That couple was Asian/White, as far as I could tell. . . their surnames were Chinese and Greek. I meant couple as in there were only two or three characters that I could identify as people of color, not couple as in a pair in a relationship. None of the characters I identified as being non-white interacted with each other at all, much less interacting in a way that had nothing to do with a white character. . .

It still takes a conscious effort for me to notice characters' race when it isn't particularly highlighted; but that's because I identify as white enough that I have that particular aspect of white privilege. I find it's good exercise (and telling) to force myself to notice that. . .