theylovetye 's review for:

The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

2.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was an okay ready. I did find the first half of the book to be difficult to get through because of the extremely sluggish pace. But the premise of the American Daughters that was developed later on in the book was interesting and kept me from dnf’ing. I found the last couple chapters to be very rushed and the ending felt anticlimactic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation