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A review by mimirtells
A Million Nightingales by Susan Straight
1.0
1/5 Stars (%5/100)
-Very slow pacing plot. (The book is very long and the plot goes very slow. So double the problem)
-Not a very interesting main character. (A young mulatto girl named Moinette who is sold to slavery multiple times.)
-Not a very original story. (We have seen a lot, I mean a lot, of stories dealing with black people escaping slavery etc. I don't have a problem with this if the characters are interesting. Beloved and The Color Purple are some of the good examples.)
-Trying to implement stream-of-consciousness but failing.
Overall, I found it boring and difficult to read. I kept comparing it to similar books and it made me dislike it even more. Try it yourself, some people seem to enjoy it a lot.
-Very slow pacing plot. (The book is very long and the plot goes very slow. So double the problem)
-Not a very interesting main character. (A young mulatto girl named Moinette who is sold to slavery multiple times.)
-Not a very original story. (We have seen a lot, I mean a lot, of stories dealing with black people escaping slavery etc. I don't have a problem with this if the characters are interesting. Beloved and The Color Purple are some of the good examples.)
-Trying to implement stream-of-consciousness but failing.
Overall, I found it boring and difficult to read. I kept comparing it to similar books and it made me dislike it even more. Try it yourself, some people seem to enjoy it a lot.