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jenniferpalmblad's review against another edition
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence
annegoodreads's review
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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? Yes
5.0
Rae Lynn Cobb is an amazing woman who is widowed and heads for a turpentine camp buried deep in the vast pine forests of Georgia during the Great Depression. She arrives posing as a man “Ray”, although the owner Peewee thinks she’s a prepubescent male. He still gives her a job. At these camps, they were paid in scripts which were could only be used at the commissary and to pay your housing. The commissary owner Otis Riddle is a horrible guy who makes sure the workers stay in debt. He also has a problem he’s hiding snd takes out his frustrations on his browbeaten wife, Cornelia. Delwood Reese is also at the camp as a worker. The evil boss Crow is the most horrible racist, lowlife, sexist, cruel, and black-hearted low-life. At the camps, if they didn’t meet quotas, they were punished with being whipped or put in a sweatbox. It was horrible. These poor people are working so hard doing what needed to be done to survive. Parts were heartbreaking. There’s a little boy, Georgie, who Carrie’s the water for them and to think they treated him and others like slaves still. The book was amazing but the very end frustrated me because it does this fast forward and wraps everything up. Readers that want complete closure will love the ending though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Child abuse
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