Luster

Irresistibly unruly and strikingly beautiful, razor-sharp and slyly comic, sexually charged and utterly absorbing, Raven Leilani’s Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make sense of her life―her hunger, her anger―in a tumultuous era. It is also a haunting, aching description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent, and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way.

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Published Jun 8, 2021

240 pages

Average rating: 5.95

130 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

MityaQ
Apr 09, 2025
2/10 stars
Contrived, meandering, and trite. Not for me.
VicMor
Feb 28, 2026
1/10 star
Olga: 1/10 Erica: 1/10 Mikaela: 1/10 Vic: 2/10
VickiC
Dec 01, 2024
1/10 star
Made no sense. Don't quite grasp the "good" reviews. Not well written, story didn't connect
AttorneyStella
Mar 22, 2023
1/10 star
hated it; vile
Aldeditz
Jan 06, 2023
5/10 stars
Underwhelming

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