Comments on: In which I am too pensive to write a real review of Kekla Magoon’s How It Went Down https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/ before I read the middle Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: It's the End of 2015 (as we know it) - Reading the End https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/#comment-28216 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:40:50 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=6085#comment-28216 […] How It Went Down, by Kekla Magoon, has been inexplicably overlooked, and I cannot understand why. In addition to being painfully topical, it’s also a beautifully written, thoughtful look at some of the issues that arise when a black child is suddenly dead and nobody can understand why. I can’t say enough about this book and this author. Check it out. […]

]]> By: aartichapati https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/#comment-25007 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:54:58 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=6085#comment-25007 This was such a lovely review and story about your friend. I agree – we often try to find meaning in life and events after the fact to justify them having happened. “If X hadn’t happened, I never would have met Y, and my life would be worse for it.” It’s painful and frightening to think that it is all just the luck of the draw.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/#comment-24949 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:53:47 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=6085#comment-24949 In reply to Vasilly.

Thank you so much.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/#comment-24948 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:53:26 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=6085#comment-24948 In reply to Stefanie.

Thank you — anything I can say about him feels really inadequate, which I guess is typical when someone dies.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/#comment-24947 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:52:34 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=6085#comment-24947 In reply to Heather.

It’s a really hard book to read. It’s so heartbreaking in so many ways.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/#comment-24946 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:52:11 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=6085#comment-24946 In reply to Jenny.

Thank you ma’am. I appreciate it. *hug*

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/#comment-24945 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:51:50 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=6085#comment-24945 In reply to helen.

Thanks, Helen.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/#comment-24942 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:51:11 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=6085#comment-24942 In reply to Alice.

Do. Kekla Magoon is just fantastic.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/#comment-24941 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:50:33 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=6085#comment-24941 In reply to Memory.

Yeah, that’s it exactly. It’s such a shock to know he won’t be around anymore.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2015/01/26/in-which-i-am-too-pensive-to-write-a-real-review-of-kekla-magoons-how-it-went-down/#comment-24937 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:49:42 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=6085#comment-24937 In reply to Nish.

Thanks so much, Nishita.

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