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esantelmann 's review for:
The Book of Lost Friends
by Lisa Wingate
I kind of felt like this story was based on cliches and racial tropes.
I didn’t understand Hannie’s motivation to care for a white girl who had abused her and the half sister that was a stranger to her. I suppose she could be seen as “noble” or “heroic” but her motivation seemed thin. Why wouldn’t she stayed bonded to the people who loved and worked along side her. It seemed slightly “loyal slave girl” trope based (which is a form of racism). The book wasn’t even claiming Hannie had been treated well to inspire this motivation, so she has no motivation to nearly get herself linched several times. Maybe she had Stockholm syndrome at best that might have made for a better story.
As for Benny’s story -basically “white savior does white saving by falling in love with the white boy with a rich family and a good heart”.
I didn’t understand Hannie’s motivation to care for a white girl who had abused her and the half sister that was a stranger to her. I suppose she could be seen as “noble” or “heroic” but her motivation seemed thin. Why wouldn’t she stayed bonded to the people who loved and worked along side her. It seemed slightly “loyal slave girl” trope based (which is a form of racism). The book wasn’t even claiming Hannie had been treated well to inspire this motivation, so she has no motivation to nearly get herself linched several times. Maybe she had Stockholm syndrome at best that might have made for a better story.
As for Benny’s story -basically “white savior does white saving by falling in love with the white boy with a rich family and a good heart”.