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The Other Black Girl 1x3 | “I Know A Place”

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Title: His Happy Place

Author: Zakiya Dalila Harris

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2022

Genres: fiction, thriller, horror, mystery, suspense

Blurb: When Ama's strait-laced boyfriend Nathan invites her to his secluded upstate New York cabin for the weekend, she can't say no; it's a chance for them to escape the city's distractions, share intimate secrets, and take their relationship to a deeper level. By day, it feels like the perfect love story...but when Ama is awakened by strange events, she starts to wonder if she really wants to know everything about Nathan.

[teamkrissy]

Just finished The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris and yes that was a very genre defying experience. It's funny, halfway through you start thinking it's a mystery and by the end you know you are in a horror. I can see why a lot of readers ran out of steam wondering if it would ever pick up. It's structured so that the main confrontation isn't until nearly the last chapter, but it's well worth the wait and I enjoyed it the whole way through.

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Nella Rogers estaba acostumbrada a que todo tipo de olores no deseados reptaran hasta su cubículo; y normalmente eran horribles.

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The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris, cover illustration by Temi Coker, cover design by James Iacobelli, printed 2021.

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The Other Black Girl 1x4 | “What About Your Friends”

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"The Other Black Girl" Hulu Series | Trailer, Poster & Images

Nella, an editorial assistant, is tired of being the only Black girl at her company, so she’s excited when Hazel is hired. But as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.

(L-R) Sinclair Daniel and Ashleigh Murray in season one of THE OTHER BLACK GIRL. Photo Courtesy of Hulu.

THE OTHER BLACK GIRL features Sinclair Daniel, Ashleigh Murray, Brittany Adebumola, Hunter Parrish, Bellamy Young, Eric McCormack, and Garcelle Beauvais.

(L-R)  Sinclair Daniel, Brittany Adebumola, and Hunter Parrish in season one of THE OTHER BLACK GIRL. Photo Courtesy of Hulu.

Based on Zakiya Dalila Harris’ best-selling novel, The Other Black Girl is executive produced by Rashida Jones, Adam Fishbach, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Jordan Reddout, Gus Hickey, Tara Duncan, and Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey. Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey also serve as co-showrunners. "The Other Black Girl" is a Hulu original from Onyx Collective.

[whitneydaniell]

by: Zakiya Dalila Harris Published: Jun 1, 2021 Genre: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Contemporary 357 Pages, Audio Book (HH:MM) 13:33

★★

GoodReads Synopsis:

Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions, she’s thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They’ve only just started comparing natural hair care regimens, though, when a string of uncomfortable events elevates Hazel to Office Darling, and Nella is left in the dust.

Then the notes begin to appear on Nella’s desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW.

My Review:

Was not a fan.

I wanted this to be much more sinister than it was. This is a sci-fi book, masquerading as a thriller. The idea of #BlackGirlMagic is cool, but this story just takes it a step too far.

Nella is naive and wants to be 'liked' or 'accepted' by her co-workers to the point of, being a little dramatic and overzealous in the workplace. When the "new" black girl arrives at Wagner, she thinks she has an ally in her corner but quickly realizes that she does not. All of that and this trope of "tokenism" is so overdone in this book -- we get it!

Where is the drama? Where is the mystery? Magical hair grease is where we are in the literary world?

One-Word Summary: Outlandish

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Review: "The Other Black Girl" by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Initial reaction: Goodness I’m finally (free!) done. 1.5 stars overall. I could write a book about knowing what this book was going for, but the execution was not good. Again, count me among the people who very much did not like this book. We’ll talk about it. It tries very hard to be a version of “Get Out” featuring Black women (…it’s not even close.) But if we’re not simply talking about the…

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Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions, she’s thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They’ve only just started comparing natural hair care regimens, though, when a string of uncomfortable events elevates Hazel to Office Darling, and Nella is left in the dust. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella’s desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW. It’s hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages. But as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realizes that there’s a lot more at stake than just her career.

[samueldelany]

" A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one. Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives in This One makes space for Black girls in horror. Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits, and face down death. Prepare to be terrified and left breathless by the pieces in this anthology.

The bestselling and acclaimed authors include Erin E. Adams, Monica Brashears, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Desiree S. Evans, Saraciea J. Fennell, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Daka Hermon, Justina Ireland, L. L. McKinney, Brittney Morris, Maika & Maritza Moulite, Eden Royce, and Vincent Tirado. The foreword is by Tananarive Due."