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A review by axmed
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
funny
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Nana Jean was raised up Gullah though she been in Macon most her life. Say her people bound to them Carolina islands, and being away so long faded her a bit. Though her Gullah talk don’t sound faded none.
I relate what happened and her bushy eyebrows jump like white caterpillars. “Hunnuh jook dat buckrah debbil fuh see if e been dead?”
My turn to frown. “I know a dead Ku Klux from a living one. That silver and iron hit them, and they get right back up.”
She sucks her teeth. “Ki! Buckrah debbil dem ain good fuh nuttin!” Then more sober: “If dat silva ain good fuh nuttin needuh, dat real trouble fuh true. Lawd hep wi.”
“Nothing we can’t handle.” Brave words, but I share her uneasiness.
“Hunnuh ain kill no fool buckrah?”
Buckrah devils what she calls Ku Kluxes. Fool buckrah she reserves for Klans who ain’t turned.
I relate what happened and her bushy eyebrows jump like white caterpillars. “Hunnuh jook dat buckrah debbil fuh see if e been dead?”
My turn to frown. “I know a dead Ku Klux from a living one. That silver and iron hit them, and they get right back up.”
She sucks her teeth. “Ki! Buckrah debbil dem ain good fuh nuttin!” Then more sober: “If dat silva ain good fuh nuttin needuh, dat real trouble fuh true. Lawd hep wi.”
“Nothing we can’t handle.” Brave words, but I share her uneasiness.
“Hunnuh ain kill no fool buckrah?”
Buckrah devils what she calls Ku Kluxes. Fool buckrah she reserves for Klans who ain’t turned.