momofpitbulls 's review for:

The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd

1.0

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While the plot is interesting and the book itself is well written, it is definitely a very white perspective on slavery. Oftentimes I felt the author was trying to equate being a white woman and dealing with marriage to slavery, which is apples to oranges. While I understand, women were controlled by male relatives at the time, they did not contend with the horrors of slavery. The book makes it seem like Eliza was a “good” slave owner because she wasn’t physically abusive, but there is no such thing as a “good” slave owner. I think I would have enjoyed this book more if it didn’t seem like it was trying to romanticize slavery.