Out in Greenwood is fun, heartfelt, engaging, and leaves you with that nostalgic feeling of remembering what it’s like to be young and full of possibility.
I have never read anything as honest and raw as this book. The emotions carried in this book are so real that readers can literally feel the characters' emotions.
Niru is gay and cannot freely explore his queerness. Although he is in a country like America, the Africanness and religiosity in his parents would not let them support him. Rather they take him to pastors to pray the gay out of him.
We assume that people are either gay or lesbians, forgetting that the queer spectrum is broad and there are so many intersections. The rainbow has so many different colors, not just red and yellow.
