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kayleajayne's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I didn’t like the part about Dalhart, Texas. The main character’s family had been in Texas for five generations, but the Civil War house in Dalhart is just not accurate. I was born in the Texas Panhandle. Those towns were not established until the late 1890s and even early 1900s after the rail road made life there possible. Little details like the Mexican maid aren’t right. Even the wealthiest people in these towns didn’t really have maids, and if they did they weren’t Mexican. This far north didn’t see Mexican immigration until way later, after WWII. And it is so far north of land where Mexican people historically had lived since the 1500s. I know it’s historical fiction, but since I live in the area of the Dust Bowl, it irked me a little. But aside from that, the book is beautifully written to capture and weave a story about Okies and those who tried to escape destruction in the Dust Bowl. It is heartbreaking but well done.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infertility, Violence, Animal death, Police brutality, Death, and Grief
sarahfeller's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Sexism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Bullying, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Medical content, Police brutality, Excrement, and Miscarriage
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