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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia
Minor: Child death
Listened to this story and it was excellently narrated - the reader did a great job. The story, however, was weird and had big holes and twists that went against what was stated earlier. HOLES. Massive ones. I must have read a different book than everyone else… maybe the narrator missed a few pages???
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-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:
Complicated
I struggled getting through this one. The doldrums of this book are quite tough to get through, but once the plot starts cooking, it’s gets going!
I love the concept of a lone woman pioneer. Make is a woman of color and throw in a secret steamer trunk and I’m all for it. I love the character of Adelaide so much and I loved the ending of the book even more!
I love the concept of a lone woman pioneer. Make is a woman of color and throw in a secret steamer trunk and I’m all for it. I love the character of Adelaide so much and I loved the ending of the book even more!
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
For those who are looking for something different, this story is intriguing with a glimpse of history.
It’s an original plot that transports the reader back to 1915 when 27 Black families in California’s Lucerne Valley signed up to homestead several acres. Adelaide Henry helped her parents farm the land to survive.
Then everything changed when something unexpected happened and 31-year-old Adelaide rushed to set their house on fire with her parents inside. She left the farm with $154 in her pocket, a travel bag and a very heavy trunk. She was now a fugitive.
In Seattle, she purchased a one-room shack with an outhouse and land in a small town of Montana close to the Canadian border. The real estate agent thought this might be risky for a single woman but she was okay with it.
The heavy trunk went into a wagon for the trip and she got inside with another family of five. Everyone wanted to know what was inside the locked trunk – including me. Later in the story, it’s revealed. Adelaide had more courage than I can imagine for a woman settling in a place close to thieves, cowboys and lots of wild animals.
While I enjoyed the story, I realize it’s fiction and some parts are clearly out there. Could a woman survive on her own in very cold weather and very little money if any? I wanted to know more. It transports you to a time when there was a lot of prejudice against the Native Americans, Blacks and Chinese immigrants. It would make a good book club discussion.
My thanks to Victor LaValle, One World and NetGalley for allowing me to read this advanced copy with an expected release date of March 28, 2023.
It’s an original plot that transports the reader back to 1915 when 27 Black families in California’s Lucerne Valley signed up to homestead several acres. Adelaide Henry helped her parents farm the land to survive.
Then everything changed when something unexpected happened and 31-year-old Adelaide rushed to set their house on fire with her parents inside. She left the farm with $154 in her pocket, a travel bag and a very heavy trunk. She was now a fugitive.
In Seattle, she purchased a one-room shack with an outhouse and land in a small town of Montana close to the Canadian border. The real estate agent thought this might be risky for a single woman but she was okay with it.
The heavy trunk went into a wagon for the trip and she got inside with another family of five. Everyone wanted to know what was inside the locked trunk – including me. Later in the story, it’s revealed. Adelaide had more courage than I can imagine for a woman settling in a place close to thieves, cowboys and lots of wild animals.
While I enjoyed the story, I realize it’s fiction and some parts are clearly out there. Could a woman survive on her own in very cold weather and very little money if any? I wanted to know more. It transports you to a time when there was a lot of prejudice against the Native Americans, Blacks and Chinese immigrants. It would make a good book club discussion.
My thanks to Victor LaValle, One World and NetGalley for allowing me to read this advanced copy with an expected release date of March 28, 2023.
I truly don’t know what the hell going on.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated