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dlrcope's review
4.0
This is a great big old fashioned epic, telling a family history that stretches from the Revolutionary War to WWl and from Charleston South Carolina to the Bahamas and back. I loved it.
The language was enchanting, slow paced and with lots of words that you don't see much any more. I had to look up tatteredermalion, threnody, jalousie, taboret, chary, and barracoon in the first 100 pages!
This book has a fatal flaw though, racism. There is no outward hate or violence, but black people are portrayed with a tired old negative stereotype. Given the time it's set in, this didn't ruin the whole book for me, but I sure do wish that part had been written differently.
The language was enchanting, slow paced and with lots of words that you don't see much any more. I had to look up tatteredermalion, threnody, jalousie, taboret, chary, and barracoon in the first 100 pages!
This book has a fatal flaw though, racism. There is no outward hate or violence, but black people are portrayed with a tired old negative stereotype. Given the time it's set in, this didn't ruin the whole book for me, but I sure do wish that part had been written differently.
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