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Really good book. So glad that we are shedding light on this important history.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Classism
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This book is pithy and quirky, with a lot of humor, which I mostly enjoyed. Certain parts dragged for me, and I felt that the author gave a lot of extraneous details which, while interesting, were maybe not super relevant to the story. Honestly, the part I enjoyed the most was the epilogue, where the author tied everything back to present day. I also enjoyed that the author tied the story in with historical events happening at the same time, as I think it gave the book important context. Additionally, I think the author sometimes looked at things through too much of a 21st-century lens. Overall, I found this an interesting and compelling biography of someone who played an important role in American history.
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Audio, 3.5 rounded up. I think I chose the wrong medium for this; while I tend to grasp onto nonfiction pretty well in audio formats, my mind wandered considerably during the text. There were strong parts - the maddening Comstock! - that ultimately guided me through.
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
sad
slow-paced