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Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
by Rebecca Hall
Hall's Wake, to me, was a complex mix of subjects - the competition for resources, the inhumanity shown to others as a result of that struggle, those not written into (or written out of) history, and how hard it is to do historical research when the original documents ARE available. Also too how the past shapes the present, as well as how to move forward with that knowledge.
I believe that Hall has presented the historical record as she was able to uncover it, but had to extrapolate some things in order to make a coherent narrative, hence my shelving it in historical fiction.
The art to me, was confusing sometimes, but really came through with showing what Hall was describing, like the design and filling of the slave ships.
4.5 Stars (rounded to 4)
I believe that Hall has presented the historical record as she was able to uncover it, but had to extrapolate some things in order to make a coherent narrative, hence my shelving it in historical fiction.
The art to me, was confusing sometimes, but really came through with showing what Hall was describing, like the design and filling of the slave ships.
4.5 Stars (rounded to 4)