A review by joywilcox
Carolina Built by Kianna Alexander

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I am upset that it took me this long to read this book. This was a wonderfully rich and vibrant book of historical fiction and nonfiction. I thought that the character development was great, the language and vocabulary that was used was thoughtful, captivating, and at a high level. Sometimes when authors write books that have black characters they tend to make the language plain and simple but that was not the case in this book and maybe that's the reason why I loved it so much. The diversity of vocabulary and how astute the characters were is something that was probably my favorite aspect of the book. Not only was the author able to give us a lovable female main character, but she gave us a character that went through something and that character developed into such a strong woman with good sense and a bright future. The character never wavered from who she was and never changed herself for the male Main character. And so often in books we see that and it's always upsetting to me. There should never be a reason why a strong female has to change herself. There were so many aspects of this book that I loved and that I felt I could relate to, especially in terms of the main characters drive and ambition. I can only hope that this author has a plethora of books for me to read Because I will buy every single thing that is written.