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A review by mrshoneygirl
Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
In summary: A story about the effects our actions can have in others lives, even if we think our actions are insignificant, they can have a significant or long lasting impact to both loved ones and strangers alike.
Graphic: Hate crime, Child death, Racism, Child abuse, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
There is a female black child, named "Doll", who is possessed by a grown promiscuous adult soul/spirit named Esther since birth that controls Dolly's body and does some unthinkable things while in the child's body and Esther uses Dolly's 10y/o body do get into an act of fingering with Dolly's 5y/o BIOLOGICAL brother, Esther being the one who taught him to do that, so Dolly gets abandoned by her bio mom for that and taken to a Reverend who adopts her but Esther in Dolly's body seduces the Reverend who might as well be her father as a 15yo by not wearing underwear underneath her dress a couple times