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jenmangler's review against another edition
4.0
If you're expecting the story of Rose, Ashley, and Ruth, you'll be disappointed by this book. There is very little historical information about these three women, especially Rose and Ashley, so we can't really know them. But this book is a fascinating look at the lives of enslaved women, how they built lives for themselves and their families, and how they made meaning and preserved their stories. Ashley's sack is a heartbreaking artifact, and Ruth's embroidered story of the sack takes my breath away.
nadia's review against another edition
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2.5
I was so excited for this book. I thought it might end up being my favourite out of the Women's Prize Nonfiction shortlist. The concept intrigued me!
Alas, I'm so incredibly sad to report that I found this book incredibly hard to get through. I really struggled. The book read like an academic paper, with a lot of repetition and conjecture. This speculative style of history just didn't work for me. I felt so detached from the central characters of the book because of it.
I'm especially sad that I didn't like All That She Carried given the important subject matter. I wanted to rate this book higher just because of the topic, but given my reading experience I just couldn't.
Final Women's Prize 2024 Non-Fiction Shortlist rankings:
1. How to Say Babylon
2. Code Dependent
3. A Flat Place
4. Thunderclap
5. Doppelganger
6. All That She Carried
Alas, I'm so incredibly sad to report that I found this book incredibly hard to get through. I really struggled. The book read like an academic paper, with a lot of repetition and conjecture. This speculative style of history just didn't work for me. I felt so detached from the central characters of the book because of it.
I'm especially sad that I didn't like All That She Carried given the important subject matter. I wanted to rate this book higher just because of the topic, but given my reading experience I just couldn't.
Final Women's Prize 2024 Non-Fiction Shortlist rankings:
1. How to Say Babylon
2. Code Dependent
3. A Flat Place
4. Thunderclap
5. Doppelganger
6. All That She Carried
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
plantonic_friendships's review
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4.5
Great historical research. A very humanist POV on the lives of these women and individuals.
brayden_stalcup13's review
5.0
I read this for class and it was incredible. Constructing a whole history of slavery in the United States from long lost family heirloom is impressive. This story does an amazing job at showing the human, emotional impact of slavery instead of giving simple statistics or storytelling from a western point of view. The life of a slave was horrifyingly brought to life with this book, but if one wants to know truly learn about American Slavery, this is a must read history.
Additionally I just want to say Tiya Miles is a very inspiring historian, and I truly appreciate her work.
Additionally I just want to say Tiya Miles is a very inspiring historian, and I truly appreciate her work.
a_fret_argent's review against another edition
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inspiring
reflective
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medium-paced
4.25
artemisfloof's review against another edition
challenging
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informative
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slow-paced
3.75
nataliecatalie's review against another edition
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3.0