A review by blairecee
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I find LaValle's prose a bit too sparse to evoke a bygone era, but the storytelling is really solid and this was a great riff on a HP Lovecraft story I admittedly haven't read! Lovecraft's texts are fascinating and I really love seeing revisionist takes on them given the obvious repugnance of his worldview. Will definitely be checking out more of LaValle's work.