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Augustown by Kei Miller

3 reviews

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emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a good book, very well written and very captivating plot, although also very intense. I really enjoyed how evident throughout the book that history and context were integral to the plot. And the reality of this magic that the Rastafari community holds within them is at the center of everything, despite/in spite of the whiteness and colonization trying to snuff it out. And at the end all the jumps through time and from character to character came together and made perfect sense.

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challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely incredible. Poetic, magical (which isn't normally my thing) but in a very real and robust way. Full of really important history and a story of how oppression echoes and continues down the centuries, but told as a fictionalised version of August Town near where the author grew up. Tense and sad but also joyful and beautiful. I absolutely loved it and was left with so much to think about and to act on.

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