A review by zombiezami
The House Girl by Tara Conklin

slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This book took me a bit to get through. I felt like the shifting from past to present didn't work as smoothly as I would have liked. But, as someone who is trained as an archivist, I appreciate the way that archival research (and all its hiccups and oddities) was presented. The twists were really heartbreaking and well-planned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Rape, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Alcoholism, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Infertility

Abandonment