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A review by aprilbosworth
The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
4.0
Super interesting, especially since I happened to have visited the Fort where Dunmore holed up in Norfolk this past summer. I don't know if I even knew he had raised an "Ethiopian" army by promising freedom to slaves of "rebels."
I kept wanting a happy ending, but found the ending as it was acceptably satisfying.
The journal format, voice, and perspective are well executed. Many different complexities of slavery play out in the novel. I feel like I understand more for having read it.
As would not be unexpected with the setting and subject matter, there is some violence and cruelty. Both are related quite in the same matter of fact tone as the rest of the events, which in some cases actually serves to underscore the inhumanity of the slave and soldier experiences.
I kept wanting a happy ending, but found the ending as it was acceptably satisfying.
The journal format, voice, and perspective are well executed. Many different complexities of slavery play out in the novel. I feel like I understand more for having read it.
As would not be unexpected with the setting and subject matter, there is some violence and cruelty. Both are related quite in the same matter of fact tone as the rest of the events, which in some cases actually serves to underscore the inhumanity of the slave and soldier experiences.