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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
A piece of history I never knew about. Great character development and parallel storylines.
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
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:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Alternating narrators (a young freed slave-turned-sharecropper in 1875 & a teacher in 1987) and myriad names kept me from putting five stars on this one, but that’s all. I also wish it had been written by an author who has this history in their blood (and I could be wrong about this, for sure). I love how the characters felt like real people, and I loved the ties from the past to the present. (I also loved the tiny bits of humor, like when Hannie sees Gus outside the jail and he says, “Gus McKlatchy don’t go back on a promise. Not even to somebody who’s likely drowned and dead. But you ain’t dead now, so far’s the evidence would show at this present time…”) I’m so glad this book had tribulations AND triumph, and I hope more stories are not lost due to time or ignorance.
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
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
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated