A review by mikolaszko
These Ghosts are Family by Maisy Card

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

This is a heavy book. I picked it up knowing nothing about it and I was not expecting such a rollercoaster. Finished it quickly because I was in a mental space for that but if you are down or just having a rough time I would reconsider taking up this book. I am white and it still was hard to get through all the violence and just the sheer amount of cruelty, but I think this stuff is important and it sparked my interest in learning more about slavery to better understand not-white-washed history. I already knew some stuff like alligator bait, cannibalism upon black people etc. so I didn't learn anything new per se but definitely, it materialized how truly awful it was and how there were close to 0 people held accountable. Read it, but be prepared to stop and take some time to just think about how fucked up what you read actually was.
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