A review by gracieterry
Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak

dark informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I’ve only taken off some points simply because I felt the book was written in a way that was rather slow and difficult to get through in parts.  I think this story is an asset to its genre, shining a light on a different and less often shared perspective of the French Revolution. The main character was  uniquely situated in the context of both the Haitian and French Revolution as a mixed race, bisexual woman. At times I found myself disliking her attitude and decisions, and then asking myself why and how I had come to that conclusion without fully understanding her situation? I appreciated that this story made me think critically about Black suffering at the hands of elite and powerful whites. Despite its historical setting, this story is applicable to todays fraught political climate.