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A review by pri_reads
The Rope: A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP by Alex Tresniowski
adventurous
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
A solid and simple nonfiction rec, one I think would be perfect for fans of true crime trying to push their reading a little bit in the “eat your veggies” direction. It goes by pretty easily if you commit yourself to it, and I did appreciate the author’s desire to place this story in the context of black incarceration and extrajudicial violence in America. With that being said however, I wish the secondary narrative had a stronger tie to the main story. Given the connection between Ida B Wells, the NAACP, and this case - I felt there was a distinct lack of tying the threads together.