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dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Its difficult to give this book a star rating. This was assigned to me for a college course that is focused on early British literature. At first, I appreciated the opportunity to read something from a female author and an early example of a traditional novel. However, as the story went on, the content became more and more gruesome, and my enthusiasm for the text vanished.
The story is a very graphic depiction of an enslaved person's life on a plantation in the 1680s. And you get a cross section of everything that comes with that. The last third is especially difficult to get through. From a purely academic perspective, it's a good representation of early white supremacy, colonialism, slavery, the slave trade, racism, bigotry, misogyny, etc. And all within just sixty pages.
Don't read this book if you don't have to.
The story is a very graphic depiction of an enslaved person's life on a plantation in the 1680s. And you get a cross section of everything that comes with that. The last third is especially difficult to get through. From a purely academic perspective, it's a good representation of early white supremacy, colonialism, slavery, the slave trade, racism, bigotry, misogyny, etc. And all within just sixty pages.
Don't read this book if you don't have to.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
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