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A review by smilesgiggle
Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak
4.0
I wanted so much more about Haiti. I eagerly consumed the first quarter of this book - such amazing detail regarding Sylvie's life as a mulatto in Haiti. Her social standing based upon her father's was not something I was aware occurred. This gave her some freedoms - yet Sylvie struggled to be accepted by either race.
The slave revolt forces Sylvie and her family to flee to the southern states of America. Refusing to stay with her family, Sylvie joins her brother - seeking residence with their father's sister. Her life expands - a need for attention allows her to ingest the revolution's literature. Equal rights, human rights, the need to ease poverty. And of course her relationship with Robespierre and his lover, Cornélie.
Harsh in its depiction of war, realism of seeking solace from close friends while struggling with the exhaustion of revolution.
The slave revolt forces Sylvie and her family to flee to the southern states of America. Refusing to stay with her family, Sylvie joins her brother - seeking residence with their father's sister. Her life expands - a need for attention allows her to ingest the revolution's literature. Equal rights, human rights, the need to ease poverty. And of course her relationship with Robespierre and his lover, Cornélie.
Harsh in its depiction of war, realism of seeking solace from close friends while struggling with the exhaustion of revolution.