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kimreads2022 's review for:
The Reformatory
by Tananarive Due
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
You will like this one if you love the tropes
š§”Historical Horror
š§”Haunted Institution
š§”Siblings in Peril
š§”Corrupt Authority Figures
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My Review
This book hooked me from the very beginning. It was so well written and I felt like she really thought these characters through because I felt my heart break for them all. This one is dark. It takes place in the 1950s in Jim Crow days in Florida. It involves children so itās a pretty depressing read. This is my first by this author and I donāt think it will be my last. I would classify this more historical fiction than horror but there is a supernatural element to add the horror and also the horrors of what Black people had to suffer through in that era. I did feel like the book was very long and could have been shorter but other than that it was an amazing read !
Thank you @netgalley and @sagapressbooks for the opportunity to read this arc!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence