evamadera1 's review for:

Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner

2.0

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

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I think part of what affected my opinion of this book was the Kindle format in which I read the book. Even with that, however, Brimner skated through so many names, throwing them at the readers with little backstory and even less reminders of their place in the story throughout the narrative. Since I did not have much context for this story - something I definitely want and need to rectify - I struggled to place all of the names. I know that the high schoolers intended to read this book would also struggle for much the same reason. Brimner moves entirely too quickly and at much too high of a surface level. Even though a lot happens, Brimner conveys almost none of it, as if he believes that a high schooler could not handle a 250 or 300 page book. Disappointing.