jennylemon 's review for:

Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Beautifully written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Slavery, Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Rape

The author covers the kinds of difficult topics you would expect when discussing enslaved people’s experiences, but does so without graphic detail.