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kirstenrose22's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this and couldn’t put it down. The Stamp Act subplot was not so gripping, though, and I’ll admit, I skimmed most of that. (The stuff about not importing and the direct influence on their daily lives - more spinning and weaving to be done, needing substitutes for things like tea, and so forth - was fascinating though.)
joslyn_cole's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Rape
asurges's review
3.0
I really enjoyed "Widow's War," by the same author and was happy to return to many of the same characters, who are on Cape Cod in the 1780s and have all kinds of fabulously Puritan names (e.g., Eben). This book is about an indentured servant, which is interesting, but the character is so quiet and reticent that I just wasn't all that invested in her. Good story, though.
charityjohnson's review
4.0
Challenging situation and challenging period to write about. My modern mind says, "But she should be protesting." Or, "What is the rest of the state /nation doing?" when I remind myself there is no state of Massachusetts and no nation called the USA. That it's the 1760s and even women who were wives of freemen were without power and property. The main character is an indentured servant, subject to the whims of her master, and essentially a slave till her time is up. I don't doubt the abuse she was subject to. In my youth, I had many friends whose parents/relatives would justify all sorts of abuse of others, because they had been abused. (Thankfully, not mine)
gabriellemanno28's review
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
The only reason I read this was for school. The book jsut kept droning on and giving random details that did nothing to move the book forward. I don’t understand Alice, just a lot of the decisions she makes are stupid and immature. Fav characters is Nate he was the only good part of the book and to the girl who reminded my history teacher we had summer reading… have one eye open while you sleep
compass_rose's review
3.0
I'd have given 3.5 stars if possible. Not as endearing as the Widow's War, but a page-turning read with memorable characters and interesting backdrop of events in Colonial America.
missywinesalot's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
nae1226's review
4.0
Good read. Quick. Alice becomes an endentured slave at 7. At 15 her master changes and she chooses to run. The story unfolds as she finds a safe place to live and is placed on trial two times. We actually have more slaves in th world today than we did then.
lazygal's review
3.0
Good historical fiction brings the era to life, illuminating things that we may not have known before. Bound highlights the life of an indentured servant in pre-Revolutionary Massachusetts, showing how casually children could be forced into that life (in this case, a father selling his daughter so as to pay for passage to the Colonies) and what that life could look like for the child, both good and bad. Where the book fails is the pregnancy plot, and the unnecessary addition of Sam Adams and the start of the revolution. The indenture issues alone would have been enough for this book stand on.