Reviews - George Washington Black

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George Washington Black

Esi Edugyan, Esi Edugyan

3.92 AVERAGE

chelseawuth's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

mkmack12's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

foutscn's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

staycee_franklyn's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional 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: No

riprapknits's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mmdavoli's review against another edition

4.0

This book wanders so far from where it starts and then manages to come full circle by the end (though not geographically). It is an extremely well written story about Washington Black, a slave in the West Indies, who gets taken under the wing of the science-minded brother of the plantation master. Wash twists and turns his way through the Caribbean, America, Antarctica, Canada, London, Amsterdam and Morocco. Along the way, Wash witnesses several horrors, eludes bounty hunters, fosters his artistic talent, discovers ocean life, falls in love, creates the world’s first aquarium, and wrestles with his own history... I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because some of the scientific parts dragged for me.