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Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography
by Clifton Crais, Pamela Scully
This book was assigned in one of my classes, and the professor had not yet read the book herself, so none of us knew what we were getting into before reading this book. We all thought it would be an interesting topic, and were excited to begin reading it, but once we actually did, we all kind of regretted wasting precious minutes of our lives on this.
First, I will say that the authors did obviously spend a lot of time researching for this book. My problem is not that there is a lack of facts. The problem that I, and the rest of my class (including the professor), had was that the authors can't seem to figure out if they're writing an informative, factual account or a work of historical fiction. They keep changing between discussing factual events and saying things like "And then Sara turned off the light and went to bed and thought about what had happened to her that day" (Not an actual quote -- just paraphrasing). This may be what happens when two authors collaborate but don't tie their individual work together very well. Either way, the book was very tough to read because of this. I would have liked more factual information, and less fluff and irrelevant topics.
First, I will say that the authors did obviously spend a lot of time researching for this book. My problem is not that there is a lack of facts. The problem that I, and the rest of my class (including the professor), had was that the authors can't seem to figure out if they're writing an informative, factual account or a work of historical fiction. They keep changing between discussing factual events and saying things like "And then Sara turned off the light and went to bed and thought about what had happened to her that day" (Not an actual quote -- just paraphrasing). This may be what happens when two authors collaborate but don't tie their individual work together very well. Either way, the book was very tough to read because of this. I would have liked more factual information, and less fluff and irrelevant topics.