Reviews

Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris

c100's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Rape, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Murder, Violence, Death, and Gun violence

cchamblee8's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Great book, great historical fiction that takes back to the Jim Crow south, and the way it was for Black people. But the moves made and the plots twists and turns wow!

cmorris90's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

kk5465's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

candacesiegle_greedyreader's review

4.0

4.5 stars.

Two Black sisters in trouble in the 1964 deep South--what could be more terrifying than that? Wanda M. Morris creates plenty of suspense and builds her story with skill leading to a satisfying climax. Perhaps too satisfying, since it is hard to believe that the denouement will not return danger to the sisters' doorstep in the near future.

The world Marigold and Violet live in is the scariest element of all, as angry southern whites seek revenge for the overthrow of Jim Crow. Morris creates this world with a sure hand.

"Anywhere You Run" is frightening on so many levels. The finale is a little too much, especially considering the Wanda Morris' nuanced handling of the rest of the novel. But this book is good, and not to bemissed.

sarahreck6's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

zikeyag's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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? No

4.25

The ending was like whoa! I didn’t expect that to happen at the end, and I was also very sad about what happened too. Even though both of the sisters lost a lot of things by the events that happened that let them to where they ended up they did end up gaining something else in the process and that was freedom. this book is categorized as a thriller, but I wouldn’t really say it’s a thriller is more of a low-level thriller with some historical fiction. I still enjoyed it, and I enjoyed two perspectives from both sisters, what their thoughts were, what they thought of each other and what they thought of the situation surrounding them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Murder

raebereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

cmj124's review

5.0

Oh my! I really liked All Her Little Secrets, but this book! The characters were so vibrant and the story was amazing.

Please please please let their be a sequel to this and All Her Little Secrets!

christie_esau's review

3.0

3.5 - hard to read due to the content, and periodically difficult for me to keep details straight as a tired parent listening to an audiobook, but a good read overall.