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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
4.5. Excellent book and really interesting to learn about indigo!
In reading this book, I'd thought it strictly fiction and didn't realize til end that it was based on eval 16 yr. old girl in the 1740s!---Historical Fiction.
Very compelling and fast-moving. Loved this untold story and enjoyed the pace and plot very much.
Natasha Boyd uncovered a really neat S.Carolina story of some genuine importance.
Very compelling and fast-moving. Loved this untold story and enjoyed the pace and plot very much.
Natasha Boyd uncovered a really neat S.Carolina story of some genuine importance.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Nice story
A little fluffy for my taste and if I did not live in Charleston I might not have liked it at all. Some good imagery but mostly a very shallow & superficial delve into this time period.
A little fluffy for my taste and if I did not live in Charleston I might not have liked it at all. Some good imagery but mostly a very shallow & superficial delve into this time period.
Historical fiction story of Eliza Lucas. Writing could have been better. Her real life story is interesting.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I enjoyed the overall plot and bringing to light, even if the details were fictional, of a woman who should be better known.
However, there were a lot of well-worn/tired themes and a gauzy, self-indulgent view of the kind slaveholder, which perpetuates the myth that being enslaved wasn’t ugly and there could be deep friendship between slaveowners and the enslaved.
However, there were a lot of well-worn/tired themes and a gauzy, self-indulgent view of the kind slaveholder, which perpetuates the myth that being enslaved wasn’t ugly and there could be deep friendship between slaveowners and the enslaved.
Once again, I've read a book that I don't think I fully appreciated until I was done, and the read the author's backstory, the research, the reality contained. I struggled a bit from the beginning with the stilted customs and language of South Carolina in the 1700s. I realize that for the purpose of telling a story based on a real person, it is necessary to have some degree of accuracy in those social and written customs, but - for me - it didn't fully illustrate how Eliza chafed at those constraints.
Perhaps I would have appreciated this more if I'd known more about the real person and her contributions before I began the book. I am grateful that the author has done her part to keep Eliza Lucas and her contributions alive.
Thank you to Net Galley for the ARC.
Perhaps I would have appreciated this more if I'd known more about the real person and her contributions before I began the book. I am grateful that the author has done her part to keep Eliza Lucas and her contributions alive.
Thank you to Net Galley for the ARC.
*4.5 very good, the beginning was slow but I love that it’s based on a true story
My reading of this book coincidentally coincided with a trip to South Carolina. We even visited land where former plantations had stood. This book, about a strong, brave and kind woman named Eliza, brings to light a story that time had begun to forget. The author draws on and includes portions of Eliza’s actual letters to craft this story. Eliza believed in herself and her slaves and did everything she could to protect them and their land. She learned how to grow indigo when everyone else told her it was impossible. There’s intrigue, deception, romance, family relationships and history all woven together.