shinobipaws 's review for:

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

5.0

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Haiku
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Unfathomable
Portrait of a young artist
Born in slavery
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Historic fiction
A layered unraveling
Conjuring Jules Verne
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Glowing sea creatures
Shallow odds of survival
Seeking ghosts, alas
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Broken men striving
A sea of guilt dried in sand
In a cruel cruel world

4.5