shamatake 's review for:

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall

4.0

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I liked the part memoir part historic graphic novel, but I think I would have preferred it as a regular old book. The briefer moments of the memoir parts of the graphic novel made the author more human and relatable, but because they were so brief they seemed pointless in the larger scheme of things. I would have loved to read chapters about the author’s research and the challenges she faced, rather than just brief glimpses. But I suppose that is just the nature of this type of writing.