A review by greenldydragon
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill

3.0

A very interesting take on the American/British slave trade told from the point of view of Animata Diallo, a slave/former slave from Bayo. The description of her early life, before being captured by slave traders, is fascinating, but the subsequent details are definitely a bit gruesome when the narrator talks about the slave ship that takes her to the colonies. The plot line has certain recurrences throughout the book, which I won't describe since that'd be spoilers, but the same reappearance provides continuity but also a slightly annoying repetition to the fictional life described by author Lawrence Hill. At one point, I knew exactly what was going to happen, because it had happened before!

All in all, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in American, British, or Slave History.