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A review by time_travel_tragedy
Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
4.5
This book. . . it feels like a book that should be taught in schools. This would be a great book for a history class in the unit on slavery. It would teach people about the fact that not everyone was free as soon as the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. I see a lot of history in these pages. I want more historical fiction books like this. Talking about what it was truly like in the past. I feel like so often historical fiction books simply romanticize the time period they are set in even while making nods to the struggles of the time. I'm sure there's a place for that, but there is also a place for books like this that tell us how it was through the voices of fictional characters based on real things that more than likely did happen to someone back then, many someones even.
This is definitely a book you have to read slowly so you digest it properly. I had trouble with this because I tend to want to devour the books I read. But this book forced me to slow down and really listen.
More people need to read this book.
Side note: I guess I should have known from the summary that we were not going to get to focus on the 1910s and Edwards journey, but I could really use another book from her going through Edward's journey because I think there is a story there that we did not get to explore nearly enough. The summary got me excited because I thought I was going to read a book taking place in an older version of Philadelphia, a city I've come to love & was intrigued to see written in the pages of a book. Now I have to find one that does take place in Philadelphia.
This is definitely a book you have to read slowly so you digest it properly. I had trouble with this because I tend to want to devour the books I read. But this book forced me to slow down and really listen.
More people need to read this book.
Side note: I guess I should have known from the summary that we were not going to get to focus on the 1910s and Edwards journey, but I could really use another book from her going through Edward's journey because I think there is a story there that we did not get to explore nearly enough. The summary got me excited because I thought I was going to read a book taking place in an older version of Philadelphia, a city I've come to love & was intrigued to see written in the pages of a book. Now I have to find one that does take place in Philadelphia.