Review by vangela91 - The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

4.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book had me for a moment, thinking I wasn’t going to like it. Then it turned it around. I wanted to read this book because I am 100% sure it is going to be turned into a show or a series. If not, someone is missing out on a GREAT opportunity for a limited series or more with creativity. This book is really a love letter to black history and culture and the stories that connect and create our families. I do feel like at one point I was toiling through the book and was not enjoying it. Then it drew me back in. It’s definitely an epic and I can see why it has mixed reviews. It connects to specific things in our culture that only specific sub groups may relate to. It takes place at a time when there were certain things in our culture that may not be as acceptable today. But it has a rich blackness that connects all of us.

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