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I really didn’t like Carolina. Three main issues involving her. The slaves, the ‘simple minded’ guy and how she peruses John.
Slaves.
She’s always going on about how she hates slavery but she doesn’t actually do anything to change it. She flounces around having people wait on her all day and does what she wants when she wants. She claims she goes to Charleston so Bethel can see Silas, but then later states she thinks she’s not interested in him any more... so you’re just dragging this woman from her life to see someone she might not even want to and didn’t ask her? Or when she wants advice for John she just flounces in unannounced and gives Bethel more work to do. Like she couldn’t fill a glass with water or pack a picnic? What?
Charlie.
For some reason because this man acts as they put it ‘like a child’, he’s unmarriagable. I get her not wanting to marry him because she doesn’t want to, but the way it’s put forth is ew. Even he says after he sees Charlie that her brother could have been up front that he wasn’t a real contender for marriage. Lol why isn’t he?
John.
So when she’s pursuing him she thinks some real gross shit. To the point she says she’ll willingly pursue him with the intent to have him lose his job to get his attention if she has to: “...he was about to learn the definition of persistence. She'd bring him a glass of water every hour with the intent of getting him fired if that's what it'd take for him to stop this nonsense.” His nonsense? Saying he has no intent to marry her. Which isn’t nonsense at all.
She’s DELUSIONAL. She thinks she wants to marry her after one dance and seeing each other for a very short conversation the next day and both times she knew he was super eager to get AWAY from her because she literally sunk her claws into him and he was trying to jerk free.
She keeps pestering him at work, which she CLEARLY doesn’t understand because all she does is stop everyone from working to do whatever she wants when she wants it (seriously why was her entitlement not explored, but somehow John’s was because his brothers title paid for him not to work). I don’t understand how she CANT understand that workers (paid or slaves) could/would be punished (pay, loss of job, injury etc) if they don’t do their job? They don’t just get to stop and take a break whenever it suits them, and she just doesn’t seem to care until there’s a consequence.
“There is no reason for you to be treating me this way. Everyone else out here has to drink hot water from a dirty, old canteen or go to the well. One would think you'd be a little more grateful. Not only did I bring you a cool drink now, but I'm offering to leave you another glass. Yet, you act annoyed that I called you down to take a break for a little refreshment.” “I was busy,” he said through gritted teeth. “Unlike you, I work for my keep, and I don't have time to take frequent refreshment breaks.” Carolina sucked in a sharp breath at his cold words, and before she could think better of it, she splashed the contents of the jar in John's handsome face. “There. I do believe the dilemma of what to do with this second jar of water has been solved.”.
Take Bethel for example. She demands Bethel help her find a way to get John to notice her, but it’s shown like going to ask a mother for advice, and it’s not until Bethel is caught helping by her mother that she realises the consequence for it? And then she’s hysterical and we find out that it’s happened before. And it clearly happens at least twice in the book and her mothers shown to be an awful person so it leads me to believe it’s a common thing? SO WHY WOULD YOU PUT BETHEL IN THAT POSITION AT ALL?! She knows what happens, knows she can’t really stop it, but is too selfish to stop asking Bethel to do thing for her. And somehow doesn’t realise that Bethel doesn’t really have a choice, since you’re family OWNS her.
Ugh. I enjoyed the writing, and honestly I just can’t get over all this stuff so this book will never be nothing more than an ‘OK’ read.
Slaves.
She’s always going on about how she hates slavery but she doesn’t actually do anything to change it. She flounces around having people wait on her all day and does what she wants when she wants. She claims she goes to Charleston so Bethel can see Silas, but then later states she thinks she’s not interested in him any more... so you’re just dragging this woman from her life to see someone she might not even want to and didn’t ask her? Or when she wants advice for John she just flounces in unannounced and gives Bethel more work to do. Like she couldn’t fill a glass with water or pack a picnic? What?
Charlie.
For some reason because this man acts as they put it ‘like a child’, he’s unmarriagable. I get her not wanting to marry him because she doesn’t want to, but the way it’s put forth is ew. Even he says after he sees Charlie that her brother could have been up front that he wasn’t a real contender for marriage. Lol why isn’t he?
John.
So when she’s pursuing him she thinks some real gross shit. To the point she says she’ll willingly pursue him with the intent to have him lose his job to get his attention if she has to: “...he was about to learn the definition of persistence. She'd bring him a glass of water every hour with the intent of getting him fired if that's what it'd take for him to stop this nonsense.” His nonsense? Saying he has no intent to marry her. Which isn’t nonsense at all.
She’s DELUSIONAL. She thinks she wants to marry her after one dance and seeing each other for a very short conversation the next day and both times she knew he was super eager to get AWAY from her because she literally sunk her claws into him and he was trying to jerk free.
She keeps pestering him at work, which she CLEARLY doesn’t understand because all she does is stop everyone from working to do whatever she wants when she wants it (seriously why was her entitlement not explored, but somehow John’s was because his brothers title paid for him not to work). I don’t understand how she CANT understand that workers (paid or slaves) could/would be punished (pay, loss of job, injury etc) if they don’t do their job? They don’t just get to stop and take a break whenever it suits them, and she just doesn’t seem to care until there’s a consequence.
“There is no reason for you to be treating me this way. Everyone else out here has to drink hot water from a dirty, old canteen or go to the well. One would think you'd be a little more grateful. Not only did I bring you a cool drink now, but I'm offering to leave you another glass. Yet, you act annoyed that I called you down to take a break for a little refreshment.” “I was busy,” he said through gritted teeth. “Unlike you, I work for my keep, and I don't have time to take frequent refreshment breaks.” Carolina sucked in a sharp breath at his cold words, and before she could think better of it, she splashed the contents of the jar in John's handsome face. “There. I do believe the dilemma of what to do with this second jar of water has been solved.”.
Take Bethel for example. She demands Bethel help her find a way to get John to notice her, but it’s shown like going to ask a mother for advice, and it’s not until Bethel is caught helping by her mother that she realises the consequence for it? And then she’s hysterical and we find out that it’s happened before. And it clearly happens at least twice in the book and her mothers shown to be an awful person so it leads me to believe it’s a common thing? SO WHY WOULD YOU PUT BETHEL IN THAT POSITION AT ALL?! She knows what happens, knows she can’t really stop it, but is too selfish to stop asking Bethel to do thing for her. And somehow doesn’t realise that Bethel doesn’t really have a choice, since you’re family OWNS her.
Ugh. I enjoyed the writing, and honestly I just can’t get over all this stuff so this book will never be nothing more than an ‘OK’ read.
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