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kwims's review against another edition
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I don't know if this was intentional, but I really liked how Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote Hiram's father as being a "kind and generous" plantation owner, who didn't beat the people that he had enslaved on his plantation and would even go so far as to call Hiram his own son occasionally. I thought that that captured the deep evil of chattel slavery, even if a white man was "kind" to the people he enslaved, he still participated in the ownership of other people and that was still a deep kind of evil.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Violence
thevietvegan's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
A beautiful and heartbreaking story (based on a true story) with twists and turns I did not expect, and magical elements that were delightful and powerful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Infidelity