A review by patmeal
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

4.0

Tremendous. Hits hard (womp womp) right out of the gate and doesn’t let up for even a second. 

I have to say that it’s a fascinating experience, reading this and Just Mercy so close together - the supposedly over-the-top, dystopian, fictional events here are natural extensions of the injustices and horrifying prison statistics outlined in Bryan Stevenson’s memoir. Like, we’re barely half a step behind, and as the weeks and months progress since this book was first published, it all feels closer to being real.