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challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Read for a class on the Haitian Revolution
This book genuinely left me speechless. Medina's translation is fantastic, but this is a challenging read nonetheless. Ti Noel is not likable, which is of course the point, but it makes the narrative significantly harder to stomach. A fascinating look at revolutions and perhaps, revolutions that may not have really "happened." After finishing this book I found myself drawing many parallels between it and The Hunger Games, which is silly, but seriously. Go read this book and then watch Mockingjay 1 and 2. I think Collins may have been a bit inspired! Anyway. Short and beautiful, but an insanely challenging read.
Trigger Warning: Graphic Sexual Assault, among other things
This book genuinely left me speechless. Medina's translation is fantastic, but this is a challenging read nonetheless. Ti Noel is not likable, which is of course the point, but it makes the narrative significantly harder to stomach. A fascinating look at revolutions and perhaps, revolutions that may not have really "happened." After finishing this book I found myself drawing many parallels between it and The Hunger Games, which is silly, but seriously. Go read this book and then watch Mockingjay 1 and 2. I think Collins may have been a bit inspired! Anyway. Short and beautiful, but an insanely challenging read.
Trigger Warning: Graphic Sexual Assault, among other things
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
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