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A review by savaging
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
4.0
A beautiful book, a Victorian-style adventure-science romp that is also a soulful exploration of race and slavery.
The only thing that keeps me from an emphatic 5 stars is my frustration over how the women characters (few in quantity but exceptional in quality) are always sacrificing themselves for the protagonist. Doesn't pass the Bechdel test. But DOES have a really great octopus.
The only thing that keeps me from an emphatic 5 stars is my frustration over how the women characters (few in quantity but exceptional in quality) are always sacrificing themselves for the protagonist. Doesn't pass the Bechdel test. But DOES have a really great octopus.