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emdowd's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
3.5
I found the pacing difficult and would have liked a tool like a timeline showing Anarcha and Simms movements. Switching focus back and forth made narrative sense, but it necessitated a lot of bouncing back and forth in time which I found disorienting.
It's partly speculative nonfiction (we don't have many details of Anarcha's life), which worked for me but I could see being jarring for some readers. The author did a really admirable and interesting thing, making so much of his research available online for readers to access (or not) as they chose.
It's partly speculative nonfiction (we don't have many details of Anarcha's life), which worked for me but I could see being jarring for some readers. The author did a really admirable and interesting thing, making so much of his research available online for readers to access (or not) as they chose.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma, Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Child death, Misogyny, Body horror, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death
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