A review by mmariericker
Promise by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

This book is beautifully written — the author is a poet — but wowza is it depressing.

Both parents die, the sisters are broken up, Ruby's storyline is totally unresolved but SAD considering she was SOLD by her parents and is pregnant at 14?!

It takes some unflinching looks at racism in the North in the 50s, which isn't something I'd really ever read about. But this was not a book that was easy to read. Had to take it in in small chunks.