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A review by catladyreba
Tales of the Talented Tenth: Bass Reeves by Joel Christian Gill
3.0
Things I liked about this; The whole idea of a series devoted to unsung black heroes and heroines in American history, and the actual story of Bass Reeves. In fact, I now think I need to find a full-length textual biography of Bass Reeves.
Things I didn't like; A crow as representation of various white men that held Bass Reeves down throughout his life. As a grown reader, it was super confusing to me, I wonder if young readers would struggle with the depiction. I also did not love the insertion of stereotypical pictographs for the offensive racial slurs. However, to be fair, I don't know what you would do instead, but it didn't totally work for me.
Despite these few negatives, I still can't wait to read the other stories in this series.
Things I didn't like; A crow as representation of various white men that held Bass Reeves down throughout his life. As a grown reader, it was super confusing to me, I wonder if young readers would struggle with the depiction. I also did not love the insertion of stereotypical pictographs for the offensive racial slurs. However, to be fair, I don't know what you would do instead, but it didn't totally work for me.
Despite these few negatives, I still can't wait to read the other stories in this series.