A review by rquickly
The Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich

2.0

This is clever in terms of world-building, but not in terms of character development or progressive writing. While this book was promising, the way slavery is written is extremely off-putting here. Slavery is written in comparison to creatures and abstract objects than actual enslaved people. Even the visions invoke images of the White people that owned others. It is just very bewildering that no one read this in editing and asked it to be revised in a more compassionate take. It is just very strange to read a book that talks about slavery in such pieces without any mention of actual people, but rather the act of buying people. Black individuals aren't given any individuality. It was novel in terms of concept, it was written well for being so short, but these oversights are incredibly apparent.