Reviews

We Are Bone and Earth by Esi Edugyan

welkinvault's review

challenging sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.25

Bleak short set in 1700s - POV of a young girl captured a slave for five years, and the guilt she feels over the caputre of her young brother.  Ends on a hopeful note that I feel will not be realised.  Sad. 

f18's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Ableism

aljavi's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.25

zuly's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

booking_along's review

3.0

story about an enslaved child, having been purposefully separated from his family and left behind with no connections. 
well written and well told. 

malingli's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

laileanah's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

This was beautifully done.
Often chattel slavery & the transatlantic slave trade history focuses on colonial ports but this takes it back to what was going on for my ancestors.
Interesting and well done.

sunny76's review

5.0

I have read all seven of the stories in the A Point in Time collection. Naomi's Gift by Martha Hall Kelly is an excellent story of a baby born at Ravensbrück. Ash Wednesday by Paula McLain is another excellent, but gut-wrenching story of a Collinwood, Ohio school fire in 1908. Landing by Olivia Hawker is a good story about a newly married couple; the husband works excessive hours as an engineer at NASA preparing for the Apollo moon landing and his new wife is home expecting the birth of their firstborn. We are Bone and Earth by Esi Edugyan was informational, unexpected, and very interesting. It was way too short, and I want to know so much more about Sisi and what comes next. A Wild Rose by Fiona Davis is probably my favorite of this collection, it's about a concert pianist, Carnegie Hall, and Carnegie Studio Towers. While my piano skills are rudimentary, this book made me wish I had practiced more. Alison's Conviction by Thomas Keneally was a good story, but I was disappointed that Alison did not have a resolution to her issue with Robodebt. I also had a little trouble with some of the Australian colloquialisms and words. Mother Swamp by Jesmyn Ward is another excellent short story in this collection about an escaped slave colony in the Great Dismal Swamp. I highly recommend this collection, but especially Mother Swamp.

sucharita's review

sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

karlakayjenniges's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0