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danileighta's review against another edition
This one started off slow and I nearly gave up on it. All at once, though, the history caught up with the present and it turned into a multi layered mystery. Really fun.
telercoi's review against another edition
3.0
Not as good as the other two thus far, but good enough that I’m encouraged to keep reading the rest of the series
honeypossum_reads's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
printawesome's review against another edition
1.0
I made it to chapter 9 before abandoning this. It’s 2020. I read other reviews that say the slavery-apologizing doesn’t clear up through the rest of the book, so I’m not going to spend more time on this one.
Did this one just not age well? I don’t think so. It was written in the 1990s, which is not that long ago!! The author should have known better! Maybe this is a display of white privilege in the south? I dunno. I guess I shouldn’t try to critique the book too much without reading the whole thing. But I don’t have the patience for this one today!
Did this one just not age well? I don’t think so. It was written in the 1990s, which is not that long ago!! The author should have known better! Maybe this is a display of white privilege in the south? I dunno. I guess I shouldn’t try to critique the book too much without reading the whole thing. But I don’t have the patience for this one today!
dbaker516's review against another edition
5.0
Rita Mae Brown is a terrific writer and storyteller. The characters are interesting, smart, and fun.
mysticforestcrafts's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
3.0
Pros:
The human characters seem to be developing and growing through the series which gives me hope going forward.
I enjoyed the element of uncovering history in this novel.
Cons:
The racism is still very blatant but at least seems accurate for what is happening and where.
The human characters seem to be developing and growing through the series which gives me hope going forward.
I enjoyed the element of uncovering history in this novel.
Cons:
The racism is still very blatant but at least seems accurate for what is happening and where.
untitledlullaby's review against another edition
1.0
I Read this because I too live in Charlottesville. But then it goes and praises Robert E Lee?? Fuck off. The author apparently did some civil rights work back in the day, I implore her to not be this fucking dumb. Her writing is also childish and old (terrible, like reading your annoying “quirky” grandmothers work) and so so much more problems in the first thirty pages. Also about the Yankees being compared to hemorrhoids because they don’t like Robert E Lee? I’d rather have a hemorrhoid or ten of them than read this garbage.
imperfectcj's review against another edition
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This isn't a great book, but it's a diverting read. It's moderately interesting to read how race was written about in the early 1990s and especially interesting (and somewhat cringy) that the Sally Hemings/Thomas Jefferson connection wasn't necessarily accepted as fact at that time. I guess it's been so long since it was just a part of the story of TJ that I forget it ever wasn't.
kirstenshugoll's review against another edition
Will probably come back to another time, wasn’t enjoying it as much as the first 2 in the series.