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A review by rpych2
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
3.0
My favorite thing about this was its indictment of race relations in the modern day United States, which is something that is touched upon so well in these stories. But I’m not sure that I loved the fact that it was a short story collection and a novella, mainly because it’s not what I was anticipating.
As for the novella, I enjoyed the concept. A near apocalyptic future where black residents of Virginia are taking refuge at Thomas Jefferson’s famous estate Monticello is such a cool idea. It started out with a bunch of action and ended pretty abruptly with more, but in the middle it was pretty slow. I liked a lot of things about it, but there were unfortunately too many things I didn’t as well.
As for the novella, I enjoyed the concept. A near apocalyptic future where black residents of Virginia are taking refuge at Thomas Jefferson’s famous estate Monticello is such a cool idea. It started out with a bunch of action and ended pretty abruptly with more, but in the middle it was pretty slow. I liked a lot of things about it, but there were unfortunately too many things I didn’t as well.