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A review by delaney572e4
Indigo by Beverly Jenkins
3.0
I was really interested in the abolitionist and underground railroad portions of the book. They were very good. Unfortunately, I think I preferred the non-romcance parts of the book to the romance parts (unfortunate because this IS a romance novel). Call me boring or old fashioned or whatever, but I would have preferred less smut and more conversations about feelings. I DEFINITELY would have preferred an actual conversation about the issues that divided them rather than the whole "stunt to get you to marry me" thing.
(On one hand there is something to be said from a feminist analysis perspective that he gets her off on at least four separate occasions before he gets anything out of their sexual interactions. On the other hand, there's some dubious consent and perhaps not enough respect for the word no.)
Also while for the most part I appreciated the history parts of the novel, I thought the part about John Brown at the end was done clunkily, and it didn't fit into the story well. It's like the narrative voice shifted for that portion.
Bottom line: not my fave, would analyze in an essay, good enough to convince me I should read more of Beverly Jenkins.
(On one hand there is something to be said from a feminist analysis perspective that he gets her off on at least four separate occasions before he gets anything out of their sexual interactions. On the other hand, there's some dubious consent and perhaps not enough respect for the word no.)
Also while for the most part I appreciated the history parts of the novel, I thought the part about John Brown at the end was done clunkily, and it didn't fit into the story well. It's like the narrative voice shifted for that portion.
Bottom line: not my fave, would analyze in an essay, good enough to convince me I should read more of Beverly Jenkins.