On Printz winner "In Darkness"

The New York Times review of In Darkness does a good job illuminating some of my issues with the book.

But the real issue is tone. “In Darkness” paints a portrait of Haiti as a nation of almost nefarious subspecies: it’s all about zombies, corruption, murder, violence, infanticide. Not that these things don’t exist in this culture, but as in so many Western images of Haiti, they can eclipse all else.

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A woman is running to be the first woman (and lesbian) mayor of New York City! Shall we talk about her policy positions? Nah, let's make fun of the way she looks!

(Warning: New York Post link.)