A review by mcomer
Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan

5.0

A really stunning and horrifying book by turns - Esi Edugyan brilliantly portrays how beauty and horror intermix across several landscapes of brutality. It's hard to convey both the wonders of the natural world and the thrill of exploring it while also showing the pain humans inflict on each other without sounding preachy, but this book balances all of these beautifully. I wouldn't normally have read this - the blurb sounds very much like an adventure story, which isn't my favorite genre - but I received it in my Books that Matter subscription box, and it definitely counts as a 'book that matters'. Highly recommend.