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Night Wherever We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton

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gaynidoking's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

While this is an extremely challenging read, it is a very good one. This book sat with me for a while, and it took some time for me to be able to sit down and write a review. The POV is extremely interesting and I found that having it from all the women's perspective at the same time (the book uses "we" as the POV) wasn't as distracting as I thought. The author manages to prevent this from resulting in shallower characters, and I loved all of the women in the book equally. Even the slave owners in the book, though I truly hated them, were fully-fleshed characters in their own rights, and there are a few times when we see the story from their POV.
This book is unflinching in its depiction of its source material. There is so much more than the summary plot of the pregnancies, as the everyday life of a slave in the US South was storied enough. This book definitely isn't for everyone. I had to read it in several sittings, and the ending shook me so deeply I had to take the above-mentioned time to let it sit before I could review it. But for those who can stomach it, it is an emotional and evocative read. I won't call it "eye-opening," because I already knew most of the atrocities that are depicted, but to have them narrated from a personal view hits that much harder.

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latreil's review against another edition

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reflective

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

appreciate this novel as an exploration into stories often unexplored. the multiple narrators can make the story hard to follow at times and we don’t get as much depth from every character, but by the end it feels more intentional as a reflection of how the women didn’t share much of their stories with each other and how often their collective identity blurred lines between each other.

allyson921's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad slow-paced

5.0

nancyjordan614's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

yelle8's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

4.0

abaker08's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative sad medium-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? No

4.0

This is a hard read that deals with what people will do when pushed to their limits. Slavery told through the eyes of women in a way that will break your heart.