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

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This novel is a magnificent feat, an incredible journey, and a gift to modern American literature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence