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rjleamon11 's review for:
Crook Manifesto
by Colson Whitehead
Crook Manifesto was my first Colson Whitehead--it's the second in a series but the reviews were so adamant about its worth that I decided just to jump in. The reader, Dion Graham, was excellent, and the story reminded me of James McBride's Deacon King Kong and Michael Chabon's Kavalier and Clay in its ability to create a vivid backdrop of a vanished historical time period and place.
I listened to it in bits and pieces (vs. my school year regular commute) so it might have been that, but I struggled to find a throughline in the plot for awhile, and I contemplated abandoning it, but my beloved husband said, "Don't be a baby--you've got 90 mins left--finish it!" and I'm glad I did. About 5 mins later came the discovery that brought it all together and the last part flew by.
So: 4/5.
I listened to it in bits and pieces (vs. my school year regular commute) so it might have been that, but I struggled to find a throughline in the plot for awhile, and I contemplated abandoning it, but my beloved husband said, "Don't be a baby--you've got 90 mins left--finish it!" and I'm glad I did. About 5 mins later came the discovery that brought it all together and the last part flew by.
So: 4/5.