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A review by justabean_reads
Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett
3.0
Extra star for lesbians, probably. I'm not sure what the point of this book was besides horrible things happened under Jim Crow, and blacks organised and worked very hard to put a stop to them. It was a book that I couldn't seem to get a hold on, one way or another. The characters were all vividly drawn, especially the main character's mother, and the prose itself was excellent, and it at all short on happenings, but it did seem quite short on plot.
It struck me as similar to [b:The Book of Negroes|23316548|The Book of Negroes|Lawrence Hill|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1417983381s/23316548.jpg|860779] in that it was a guided tour of a period of history, as told by a moderately bland heroine. Though at least this heroine was gay? I never really felt engaged with her, or worried about her though, as she was obviously going to be fine, and the writing seemed a little distanced from her.
Well researched and interesting, in any case.
It struck me as similar to [b:The Book of Negroes|23316548|The Book of Negroes|Lawrence Hill|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1417983381s/23316548.jpg|860779] in that it was a guided tour of a period of history, as told by a moderately bland heroine. Though at least this heroine was gay? I never really felt engaged with her, or worried about her though, as she was obviously going to be fine, and the writing seemed a little distanced from her.
Well researched and interesting, in any case.